THE WAY WE DO - Poems in pursuit of art
by Kevin Whitley
The creative process is exciting, exhausting, exhilarating, and frustrating. This collection of poems narrates the process that creative individuals experience. Each monthly installment represents the trials, joys, and fun of artmaking. How does one find ideas? What environment does one need to be creative? What materials are needed? These are but a few questions explored in the collection to be published at a future date. Art and poetry are synonymous. Art is a visual poetry of distilled thought and expression. Poetry is a lingual painting of color, texture and imagery.
I believe it is our responsibility, as artists in any medium, to help preserve that which is real, alive, felt and human.
Where Does It Come From?
Inspirations appear unannounced
Creating is fueled by human need
The need to answer one’s truth and history
Interpret your existence and find your voice.
Ideas are found in family dinners and talks
Attics of time told treasures
You might find some in the conflicts of day to day
Or anxieties from night to night.
They appear in unsuspected beauty
Marked by observing, listening, and touching our world
The will to make art is driven by cause or effect,
communicate our humanity
Or even the horrors of our weaknesses.
They can be found in simplicity and respect
For the mundane to have their day.
Ideas awaken from trial and error, new or old
History and the now
That’s inspiration.
Kevin Whitley
