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#52
“Unseen Art” - inspired by Phyllida Barlow
Have you ever read a book that has never been published?
Have you ever seen a painting that has never been displayed?
A sculpture that’s never been exhibited?
A dance that has never been shown to people?
Have you ever heard a song that has never been released?
A poem that has never been recited?
A play that has never been performed?
Have you ever watched a film that has never been on screen?
There must be hundreds and thousands of artworks out there
That are hidden in one’s drawers, in closets and in storages in many forms
still breathing and dwelling in one’s fading moments and memories.
What good is there for those undisclosed pieces?
What’s the meaning of it all, if they can’t be known and renown?
Should they have never been created?
Should they have been just kept in one’s backdoor, in its abstractness?
An artist from ages ago once said,
Every creation is meant to fulfill its creator’s need.
What needs to be full?
What needs to be filled?
A creator pours his life in their creation
A part and an image of themselves,
Pieces of memories and regrets into them
Creations are markers
The markers of the creators’ life journey
They give spaces to step back and move forward
They give meaning
They give life
They give room to forgive and be forgiven
They must be written.
Pained and molded
Drawn and touched
Sung and played
Hung and displayed
Read and recited.
A creator’s job is to create
And a creation’s destination
Is another creator’s imagination.