Art
2024-05-12John Mortola
Wonder

Art

Thoughts….
Visions dancing outside of time,
Wrenching themselves from the conceiver’s mind.

Flowing through water
or oil mixed with earth
Onto canvas that seems to give birth,
To something ….
While formless,
Seems real in this world.

Wrenching themselves from the visioning mind,
To come through the light,
Flowing through time
To something called place,

Which brings into view,
Through pigment and hue,
what we call tangible
From something we knew.

Drawing themselves
From the awakening mind,
Through brushes or pens,

Then reaching within….
Opening me…
To something,
Called you.

Inspiration / Author Note

I so admire those who allow their inspiration to take a tangible shape. I have long lamented my inability to draw, and just now, as I was writing this, remembered how much, and how well, I drew airplanes when I was 7. When did that get pushed or trampled into hiding? That kind of useless question is now giving way to the excitement of rediscovery and liberation. Thank you for giving that revelation a space to express itself.