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Art Goes On

1/1/2016

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Amidst the chaos of life
Despite moments of total and utter defeat
Regardless of loss
Pain, heartbreak and disappointment in love
(Or the hope there of)
We
The artists
Are driven to create.
And this
(No matter what else happens in our lives today)
Is what is remembered.
The art is what carries on.
Civilizations rise and fall
Deities even
Come and go
Battles are waged
And passion is sought
Triumphs and failures
Wrought and forgot –
But the art
The creation
The written word
The sculptures
The paintings
The stories and songs
Through the ages
These remain.
And these are the things that matter.
No matter how we strain at the task of survival
No matter the pain, the loss or the struggle
All of these pass
All of these fade
Only the work we create is displayed
When all else is lost
Fades and falls away –
Art goes on.
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Charity Janisse
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CH link
1/3/2016 01:38:53 pm

This is a GREAT poem, Charity.

I emotionally read it when listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony (Came across lots of feelings)…

The favorite parts:

No matter how we strain at the task of survival
No matter the pain, the loss or the struggle
...

Many THANKS!

CH

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jamie link
1/6/2016 11:59:35 am

So true:

<When all else is lost
Fades and falls away –
Art goes on>

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jamie link
1/6/2016 12:01:56 pm

Poem I wrote long ago:

Although I converse in circles, I perceive along
And when I am lost in my mind,
I do so alone,
because when the truth is defined.
It is tossed like a stone.
~jamie slate 1987
~~peace

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