different strokes for different folks

[saw]

some humans were born,
no I don't mean others were hatched
I was just trying to say some
were created to be creative

to make art while others retrace,
and artists don't look very good
in three piece suits or even
two piece suits, no they are outside

constraint, outside the lines, they
slip out of conformity like Harry Houdini
slipped a pair of handcuffs while under
water inside a box, no restrictions like that

will do, you can't convince them
of the merits of nine to five,
the heart of a dreamer is working
on something else, engaged in the art

of dreaming, dreaming for the health
of mankind, the great metaphor
never realized by academics, by
granite thinkers, by stone cold apologists

no they often fail to recognize
that dreamers are dreaming
as they were intended to do, dreaming
while others focus on their feet

along the sidewalk, but the artist never
needs to look down 'cause they instinctively
know, like any seasoned wire-walker
never look down !

[dadio]

amen, and love it.

[Kailashana]

It seems to me the odds are stacked against the creative process, beginning in the school rooms. The 1% are creating a hellish society bereft of beauty.

Enough said.

~Anna

[saw]

thanx dadio, appreciate the feedback....and kailashana, yes of course the deck is stacked in favor of the house....having said that, and with full comprehension of the odds, dreaming, and creating art (especially graffiti perhaps) are what helps us get out of bed in the morning.....I see plenty of problems everywhere I look which is why when I see spontaneous art, when I see people trying in the face of adversity, I am enlivened in ways that put a smile on my face.....it's then I feel the undying spirit in humans.....the artists always lead the way.....peaceful holidays to you guys.

[mnaz]

yes. i work with folks who always "color inside the lines" . . . a different mindset, for sure.

"i have a dream . . ."
"become the change you wish . . ."

it can be a rough road for dreamers ...