The muse of an artist can be beautiful... the muse of an artist can literally radiate with light... the muse of an artist can take them to the infinite possibilities that lie far above the clouds and beyond the blue... the muse of an artist can stay with you your entire life; however, as with everything that exists in a state of balance, where there is light, there is always dark. Inspiration is everywhere - in everything, in everyone - and it can compel artists, especially, to do many things and to go to many places that might, ordinarily, seem out of character... Inspiration - mixed with intense emotion - can send those capable of interpreting the poetry of the world - in colours, music, pictures, or with words - off on a tangent from which the road to return might not be one that is straight and narrow. Day and night, the love felt by artists radiates and echoes beyond their thoughts and dreams - and sometimes when an artist meets someone new who immediately touches them and transfers something incredible and powerful to them, a change can be felt, sensed, read, heard, seen, in everything that the artist does, and creates; and when an artist's heart is inevitably broken, it can feel as if a black hole has opened up within them, and they can find themselves walking a path upon which they feel as if they no longer have anything left to lose... just like the shadow of the moon, just like someone in a bad mood, just like the explosive that ultimately lies at the end of burning fuse - there is always a light side and a darkside of the muse.
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A Poem A Day #549: Mad Rush
A Poem A Day #548: Writer’s High
A Poem A Day #547: Out of your shell
A Poem A Day #546: Life’s Light
A Poem A Day #545: Millennium
A Poem A Day #544: 42
A Poem A Day #543: Walk The Walk
A Poem A Day #542: Sustaining Truth
My Poem “Give Poetry a Chance”
Some things seem unacessible to some people from the outside looking in... some people have preconceptions about some things... something can sound harder to grasp than it actually is... people do not know what they are missing until they give something a go and they find themselves being changed by the experience. Some people say that they are simple and predictable - however, in reality, everybody is capable of surprising others... some things that happen in life feel like something out of a dream, because they do not make sense... some people can look at a priceless piece of art and feel daunted by its simplicity, as well as by its obvious complexity, that they find themselves feeling feelings they have never felt before... some people sometimes can not put into words what a poem, a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a film, a book is doing to them subconsciously - but they know that no matter what they do, and where they go next, their perception of the world will forever be changed. Some things we find at the same time that they find us... some people sometimes want what others have - but there is always a reason why some things come easy to some people, and not to others, that is out of most of our hands... some things never stop being a rejuvenating source... some people do not always know what they want, nor what they need, until someone gives them a gift - and sometimes within the magic words of a poet readers can be given a blessing that is so special it is meant to last. So, if you ever need energy, insight, wisdom, beauty - then you need only give poetry a chance.
Mark The Poet 