let me make this clear
Jul. 2nd, 2007 12:06 ami love art.
i love the art that my "community" creates.
i love the art that my peers make.
i love art that doesn't relate to my experience but helps me know what other people go through
i love art that tells my story reflected back at me
i love art that inspires me
i love art that disgusts me and makes me look at why
i love art that makes me react
i love art that has nothing to do with me and still makes my eyes water with a shared human connection
this is why i go to open mics
this is why i run an open mic
this is why i read / go to museums / go to film festivals / buy music
this is why i bother
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
each of us. every fucking one of us. has a uniue and important story to tell.
it matters. goddamn it. IT MATTERS. for each person giving their story breath it gives another person breath to keep going.
OUR LIVES MATTER. this is why to bother. to keep writing, telling, creating. i really and honestly believe that it matters. morals or not. if the story has salvation or ends up in the gutter. straight love, gay love, poly, queer, gender bending, trans, bisexual, swinger or whatever your flavor love. it all matters very much. WE all matter very much. as people. we matter. regardless of our sobriety or lack there of. regardless of how our morals fit in with each other. regardless of what we each hold sacred. even when we find no common space to agree - we all still have the stories and the lives that matter.
music that has no lyrics can be profane. music made up of only blasphemous profanity can be sacred. you never know where other people are going to find their holy.
it's not for me to judge. i just want to. in this one life that i know i have. to encourage. to foster. and to view and appreciate as much art / music / film / literature / poetry / performance / story telling / experience as i humanly can. and to take away from that as much transformative and wisdom as my open heart allows.
that is all. that i can possibly. want. to do.
i love the art that my "community" creates.
i love the art that my peers make.
i love art that doesn't relate to my experience but helps me know what other people go through
i love art that tells my story reflected back at me
i love art that inspires me
i love art that disgusts me and makes me look at why
i love art that makes me react
i love art that has nothing to do with me and still makes my eyes water with a shared human connection
this is why i go to open mics
this is why i run an open mic
this is why i read / go to museums / go to film festivals / buy music
this is why i bother
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
each of us. every fucking one of us. has a uniue and important story to tell.
it matters. goddamn it. IT MATTERS. for each person giving their story breath it gives another person breath to keep going.
OUR LIVES MATTER. this is why to bother. to keep writing, telling, creating. i really and honestly believe that it matters. morals or not. if the story has salvation or ends up in the gutter. straight love, gay love, poly, queer, gender bending, trans, bisexual, swinger or whatever your flavor love. it all matters very much. WE all matter very much. as people. we matter. regardless of our sobriety or lack there of. regardless of how our morals fit in with each other. regardless of what we each hold sacred. even when we find no common space to agree - we all still have the stories and the lives that matter.
music that has no lyrics can be profane. music made up of only blasphemous profanity can be sacred. you never know where other people are going to find their holy.
it's not for me to judge. i just want to. in this one life that i know i have. to encourage. to foster. and to view and appreciate as much art / music / film / literature / poetry / performance / story telling / experience as i humanly can. and to take away from that as much transformative and wisdom as my open heart allows.
that is all. that i can possibly. want. to do.