In The Way You Make Your Art, Art Makes You.

In the way you make your art
Art makes you.

A bridge
A road
A channel through
What you would never say
Or hardly do…
All comes to be
A part of reality
When you create ~
Art screams
Your quiet unseen
And tells the story
You would only dream.

When you write
Paint, create
Your soul
And all you hide
Pours forth
From within
And fills an ocean
Of exquisite
With the you
You thought was hidden.

You.

Inside
Unseen
Covered with care
Hiding from need
Explode
From the depths
Of your soul
Of your heart ~
You
Appear in your art.

Your inner being
Surfaces on a page
In a song
Or splashed across a canvas
Your restless subconscious
Emerges
And says to the world
This is me.

In the way you make your art
Art makes you.

Charity

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  1. kinginascendent Avatar

    Reblogged this on kinginascent and commented:
    I think that life and art feed one another.

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  2. kinginascendent Avatar

    The line about the ocean of the exquisite is quite beautiful

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    1. Charity Avatar

      Thank you its my favorite part of the poem.

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  3. Thomas Ross Avatar

    So beautiful, so profound.

    I have recently returned to writing- early mornings with tea and the blank screen. I found my hands writing a poem the first morning. And then again the next morning. A poem each morning the past week.

    The poems surprised me in their bleak projections. But I didn’t feel despair. I didn’t judge myself. I just let the words come and let the feelings be.

    The creative way leads us always back to ourselves.

    A truth that you have expressed exquisitely.

    Tom

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    1. Charity Avatar

      Thank you Tom! I truly appreciate you saying this and sharing a bit of your own story. I learn who I am as I write and create. Even writing this poem taught me :).

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  4. Anthea Sharp Avatar

    “An ocean of exquisite”. Perfect phrase

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