being an artist means,

not reckoning and counting, but ripening...

Being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confident in the storms of spring without fear that after them may come no summer.

Rainer Maria Rilke, (1875 – 1926), Bohemian-Austrian poet…

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ripening — Oct. 2024 — © darren harley

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being an artist

being an artist
means breathing
in the turbulent
flames
of creativity

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being an artist
means standing
in the fields
of disappointment
and self doubt

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being an artist
means painting
a path
toward wonder
and insight

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painting a path — Oct. 2024 — © darren harley

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being an artist
means believing
in yourself
when society
scoffs

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being an artist
means not-giving
a flower
what they think
or what they say

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being an artist
means tending
to the garden
of equanimity
within

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being an artist
is not a choice
but a condition

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courageous conversations about the human condition

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thank you Ava, J, L, T, & swami D.