Art is not a choice

Photo by umberdove

Art is a compulsion
An unstoppable drive
To express oneself
To share an experience
To unburden the spirit
To commensurate
To communicate
To explore
Examine
And understand
Life
To breathe in a suffocating vacuum
To shout with joy
To scream in pain
To complain
Protest
Or reveal
Questions and truths
To Love
Hate
Share
And suffer
All that is human
Art is not a product on paper or canvas
An object in stone, steel, or bronze
Art is not a sound or a performance
Art is the effect
One life
Has on others
Art is an experience
Art is an event
Art is a moment in time
Shared
Art is not a choice