Keeping 'the art of making' alive in our community becomes an important responsibility. Why? Because we, the homeless artists of door3, believe society and the community needs artists. Artists are important because they are brave enough to still play. To play with old and new materials, with old and new techniques, they reveal the magic which is inherent in them.
Consider this, and then imagine the alternative, life without art and
poetry. I mean the art and poetry of everything. Doing without the art of
sculpture, the art of architecture, the art of ceramics, the art of dance, the
art of cooking, and on and on. Without 'the art' all of these activities would
be dead. Meaning, they would not inspire, they would not excite, they would not
enrich. Art, like science, is important because it inspires both exploration
and greatness in all fields of human endeavour.
The artist, for whom I speak, plays, and through his or her play with
ideas and materials, occasionally comes up with a revelation, a beautiful idea,
an exquisite object, a great building, an intriguing story or a moving
poem.
The artist and the poet explore and share the possibilities of magic in
an otherwise ordinary world. They show, in one way or another, that there is
always another way. The artist and the poet are important in our community
because they teach us to play. They remind us of something as simple, but
relevant, as our childhood, when there was much magic. Much learning. The magic
found in experiencing things for the very first time. Things new.
This is what the artist and poet do, they awaken in us a sense of
wonder, which is the driver of a creative life. They take us on a journey, a
special journey, in a world where we are perishing for want of wonder, not for
want of wonders.
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