1.
Untitled — a painting by Saul Bateman
From the Community
Please, enjoy and marvel at the surreal scenery and I invite you to traverse some untrodden paths in your labyrinth of yourself. And please come back and tell us about your journey!
2.
As a Human Being — a poem by Jericho Brown
From the Internet
As a Human Being
There is the happiness you have
And the happiness you deserve.
They sit apart from one another
The way you and your mother
Sat on opposite ends of the sofa
After an ambulance came to take
Your father away. Some good
Doctor will stitch him up, and
Soon an aunt will arrive to drive
Your mother to the hospital
Where she will settle next to him
Forever, as promised. She holds
The arm of her seat as if she could
Fall, as if it is the only sturdy thing,
And it is since you've done what
You always wanted. You fought
Your father and won, marred him.
He'll have a scar he can see all
Because of you. And your mother,
The only woman you ever cried for,
Must tend to it as a bride tends
To her vows, forsaking all others
No matter how sore the injury.
No matter how sore the injury
Has left you, you sit understanding
Yourself as a human being finally
Free now that nobody's got to love you.
- Jericho Brown
Somehow, in 27 lines, Jericho Brown has captured the intrinsic conflict and terror at the heart of the human condition. There’s little more I can add without sounding like a pretentious prick, so I let the poem speak for itself.
3.
On ‘Stored Energy’ — a quote by Larry Bell
From the Internet
“In my opinion, all artwork is stored energy. The art releases its power whenever a viewer becomes a dreamer.”
— Larry Bell
I believe that we, as human beings, also release our power when we become active dreamers and creators of our lives, rather than spectators, viewing from the sidelines. The power for what? To create realities that we don’t know about yet - to participate in our future.
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