If it ain't got passion, if it ain't got heart...

[Doreen Peri]

Listen to it here -
>>> If it ain't got passion, if it ain't got heart! <<<
Lrod on bass and piano, my poem, me on vocals
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You could study oil painting for decades,
perfect techniques of blends and fades,
be a student instructed personally
by a master as adept as Van Gogh,
work diligently to hone your skills
but have nothing at all to show
but what appears to be
paint-by-numbers
not good enough to sell at K-Mart –
if when you paint, you don't paint
with your heart.

You could push yourself to the max
at the barre, a thousand plies a week
practice jetes across a newly-waxed
sprung floor 12 hours a day and seek
out the most celebrated master classes,
perfect your technique for many years,
but when the curtain goes up and it's time to perform,
the audience will be bored to tears
no matter your poise or costume fashion –
if when you dance, you don't dance
with passion.

If it ain't got passion, if it ain't got heart,
then baby, I'm tellin' ya, it just ain't art.

You could learn the Stanislovsky method,
study under Hoffman, Pacino, Spacey, and Penn,
work with the stars again and again
as they train you in inflections –
you could take the prize from the local summer stock show
for being there at every rehearsal curtain,
but one thing's for sure, one thing's for certain,
when it's time for opening night,
if you want the show to be appealing –
It's a fact, if you want to act,
your performance needs to have feeling!

Whether you speak English, Japanese or French,
whether you live on this side ...or that side of the ocean,
the making of art is all about emotion.

If it ain't got passion, if it ain't got heart,
then baby, I'm tellin' ya, it just ain't art.

[WIREMAN]

1 "BIG" ? = is this a new piece by you all?....i'll have to listen to it at kinko's later......

[Doreen Peri]

Yes. I just wrote it yesterday. It was inspired by the Discussions thread about art. I said art takes emotion and passion. eugeneherman disagreed. He asked me why I thought art involved emotion. You can read the thread. This is my answer to him.

Lrod just happened to be recording some improvised bass & piano on the keyboard last night so we decided to combine them together for a collaboration.

Thanks for listening when you get a chance, Mark.

[eugeneherman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EEZYwuo ... ed&search= Yeh Doreen, You gotta have heart!

[Doreen Peri]

Great video! thank you eugeneherman!

Remember the Wizard movie? "If I only had a heart"?

Ahhh... but we do... yes we do! and having heard you play sax right here in my house and on the stage for the last Cabaradio show, I KNOW you know it takes emotion and passion to perform and create art, because, my friend, you DO!

Ya gotta have heart! for sure, brotha!

[Doreen Peri]

[Perdida]

I thought i had replied to this Doreen....
well baby, i can say this for sure, you've got heart, you've got passion.

I know i'm always in for a treat when i read your words. You're a joy Doreen. And yes i'd love to hear you read this one.

P

[Doreen Peri]

Thank you, perdida! You are a dear to say such nice things. But sometimes the damn passion turns me into a bitch. It's not my fault, I swear! I have a frickin bad temper too sometimes which makes the passion sorta hard to handle but hey, nobody's perfect, right? Thing is, when I get mad, I'm such a woos... know what I do? I cry, dammit. I cry like a baby. sighhh

lol

I recorded it. If you want to hear me read it, just click the link at the top of the thread.

(w/LR music accompaniment)

[Perdida]

Oh I am grinning wide here Dor, I applause you!

woohhoo

Bloody fantastic Lady!

Like i said, you got passion, you got heart. It's how you read this.

Thank you!

P