"Dreams"

Dreams
All wackiest
dreams are following
them _____ and
petting every cool
white fluffy cloud and
mother's words about
Life is to follow your perfect
Dreams

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"Independence"

Independence
Feels like it will heal my sickness
Independence will clear
but fill my mind I see red
white and blue sounds
like clinking
flowing in the
air taste sweet...

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"Night Sky"

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"Victory"

... It taste like an energy drink, It feels like an exploding heart, It sounds like roaring crowd screaming your name, Victory Feels Amazing

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"Daring"

Daring
Color of camouflage, green and black which represents the valuable people who put their fearless lives on the line to protect their cherish country,
Smells brave like a bald eagle coursing for its sufferer, the rattle snake in the midnight darkness,
Tastes like a curious child accepting the vast risk to discover what really is inside the closet,
Feels like a lion in action for marvelous glory preparing to locate and demolish its reinforced competition,
Sounds like Barack Obama forcing his way, using his effective knowledge to get to the _____ being the first African American who really represents the vigorous red, clover white, and the midnight blue

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"New Life" by Sophia

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"Bold" by Ari

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Poetry Prodigies

Across from my house is a middle school full of eager young minds. A couple of days ago, I learned that those eager young minds have some phenomenal teachers.

Lining the sidewalks outside of the school, there is student poetry written in chalk.

I think this is a brilliant idea. It builds student confidence in their work. It expands students' ideas of what school, classroom, and learning are. It challenges students to think about what art is. I just love the concept.

Of course, I took photos of this art installation. They will follow in posts of their own.

Kudos to the students and the teachers!

Sunday Scribblings #149 - Art

I have always been an artist. Banging on pots and pans as a toddler. Dancing and playing piano as a little girl. Coloring, drawing, forming playdoh, and making collages. Now, as an adult, sewing, photographing, making collages, painting, singing in the shower, dancing while I make dinner, cooking, writing. I have always been an artist.

At 5 or 6 years old I drew a picture and wrote this accompanying poem on it:
Under the dark is a star.
Under the star is a tree.
Under the tree is a blanket.
Under the blanket is me.

Yesterday I saw slam poetry champions, Sekou and Steven Connell perform. You can see video of them performing here.

Sekou's t-shirt read "Art is Freedom of Expression":

I had never really thought about it that way, but it is true.
Since that is true, why aren't we all artists? We are.
The brick layer building a building or arranging bricks in patterns.
The lawyer making a case on paper and in court, interpreting the law and applying it.
The landscaper mowing, clipping, arranging, digging.
The football player deftly moving around the field, executing formations and plays.
The software engineer writing code, moving around '0' and '1' to communicate.
I challenge you to find a profession or a person who is not in any way an artist.
"Art is Freedom of Expression."
Express yourself. (Did I just turn into Madonna?)
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I can not talk about art without mentioning my favorite art museum. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is located behind and (if you have your back to the back of the MFA) to the left of the M(useum of) F(ine) A(rts) on The Fenway in Boston. It is magnificent. Isabella Stewart Gardner used to live there and built it in the style of an Italian Villa with a breath-taking courtyard. Her house, the museum, has remained virtually unchanged since her death. All of the art is what she personally amassed in her lifetime. Do visit if you are ever in Boston. If your name is Isabella, admission is free! If not, adults $12, seniors $10, students $5, children under 18 FREE.

I love the MFA, too. I never go there without visiting Degas Dancer sculpture which is in one of my favorite rooms in the museum. So, I leave you with her:

Image via MFA
$2,995.00 and a replica of her can be all yours.