Being snowed in puts lots of thoughts in your head, I've discovered. It makes you think, the cold and the quiet, and that's why I enjoy it so much. Just listening to one's inner ticking is... impactful? Okay, so that's not really a word, but I digress...
Moving on, my friend pulled out a project the other day. On it, read a question in the middle: What is Art?
It was something I did for my literary magazine last year, but, unfortunately, it didn't get put in. Anyway, my friend went looking for her response, but couldn't find it. Thinking it over through the last forty-eight hours, I've discovered that she didn't need to recognize her handwriting to know the answer: it was inside of her all along. The thought provoking question doesn't necessarily guarantee the same result: people change, after all.
Art can be change, can't it?
What also got me thinking was a video (I shall post the link below), and its meaning. It's a song, of course, and it discusses how art is universal. No matter if you're making pop music or standing on a pedestal in the middle of New York City with only a statue of liberty costume on, you're making art. I don't understand how people can judge, saying something "isn't art" (such as main stream music and artistic nudity). The truth is: no matter who you are, or what kind of art you're making you: A) still need to work for it, B) still want to reach your dreams, and C) still have some sort of knack for something (be it modeling in a leotard or dancing around the stage of Madison Square Garden). Paul McCartney still had to work for his career, as Lady Gaga is doing now. Who's to judge?
And every artist has a share of "mistakes", of course. What's so different from Adam Lambert and Madonna? The Dixie Chicks and The Beatles? There's no difference. People got mad. People got upset, because they weren't ready. They weren't ready for the acts of "obscene" art that these people do or did. What matters at the end of the day, however, is that they spoke out. Their voices were heard. They were not silenced. And that is true bravery that I commend. That is true passion and love for what you do and how you do it. That is true devotion. That is art.
Art is revolution.
Guys, honestly, famous and infamous artists have done these things out of love. The universal idea is that LOVE and ART go hand in hand. You have to love to produce art. You need to provide love for art, for change. For revolution. People do things for a reason, and it's usually because they're either force to, or because they love it. No one should doubt that they can follow their dreams, because they can. So long you love it, and believe in it by loving yourself and your passion, you can reach the stars if you tried (maybe with the help of a rocket ship, once in a while). Fly, and this devotion will take you places. And no matter if others judge you, you're still making art in the eyes of another. Ignore those nasty critics. Lots are loveless. Hand them a flower and a smile, and keep going down the path you desire. Go. Your dreams are waiting.
And, as promised from the beginning, the thought provoking video, made of intrigue and a ukulele. I bid the farewell with your thoughts, and my favorite revolutionary; Amanda Palmer.
Love,
Maura Lee Bee
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