07-24-2013, 10:23 AM
An artist can’t keep friends,
they simply can’t.
An artist must be lonely,
and they cannot love.
No one will want to watch you die,
every day.
Being an artist requires suicide,
after each stroke of the paint brush.
And after each new pencil tip, canvas, or sculpture,
An artist must be reborn.
When each new project is over,
kill yourself again.
An artist must let go,
of every identity they once had.
An artist must become something different,
so that they may create something new.
they simply can’t.
An artist must be lonely,
and they cannot love.
No one will want to watch you die,
every day.
Being an artist requires suicide,
after each stroke of the paint brush.
And after each new pencil tip, canvas, or sculpture,
An artist must be reborn.
When each new project is over,
kill yourself again.
An artist must let go,
of every identity they once had.
An artist must become something different,
so that they may create something new.