Creative Corner
Small Poems - Word Associations
Honest
It's really hard to be honest.
To say:
'Hey, stop-'
'I don't really like-'
'I'm not in the mood right now.'
It's really, really hard.
Except when it looks like:
'Honestly, I think you're really cool.'
'Hey, I really like your earrings!'
'I want to spend time with you.'
Then, honesty can be sweet.
And easier.
Sometimes the first impression of a word, a phrase, an interaction is negative.
Sometimes it takes a little longer to find an honest, nice thing to say.
There's something really powerful in honesty.
Honestly, sometimes it's worth being honest about something.
Especially when it makes you feel better.
Especially when it makes someone else feel better, too.
Conspiracy
BREAKING NEWS
"Have you heard?"
"Did you know?"
Whispers and trouble and hiding around corners, waiting to trip you up
THE MOON LANDING IS FAKE
CRASHES IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
LOCH NESS MONSTER SPOTTED
LIZARD PEOPLE
What do you believe in?
Has your attention ever been caught by something outlandish?
UFOS IN AMERICA
ALIENS AT AREA 51
BIRDS ARE GOVERNMENT DRONES
GIRAFFES AREN'T REAL
These are all results in the search for understanding
The search for reasons
The search for whatever we think must be missing.
Why are we so obsessed with things that we cannot understand?
Why do we look for explanations in things that simply do not make sense?
Why do we create conspiracy theories, if not to indulge our imaginations?
Artist
Paint stained shirts
Ink stained fingers
Clay streaked hair
Art is entirely subjective.
An artist is anyone creative.
A person who can draw and shade and colour and create
A person who can write and read and edit and punctuate
A person who can mould and shape and scrape and whittle
They're all artists.
Art is an indulgence
Art is a rebellion
Art is revered.
Artists are powerful.
They are the real revolutionaries.
Do not underestimate the artists.
Do not write them off as simply 'dreamers'.
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