This Poem was Submitted By: Jim Wilson On Date: 2001-08-18 08:42:05 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Artist in Residence

I am painting my life today. It is a simple job.  It is an easy job. It's my life, my paint, my job. I don't have to learn anything to paint beautifully. But I need to forget some things to paint beautifully. Forget choosing a specific area of my life canvas to paint on any given day. Paint where the light is. Forget picking my favorite color choices before I see the background of my days circumstances. Paint color blends that harmonize. Forget any preplanned assumptions about my life painting job. My past teaches only technique. Paint according to life's happenings now. A true-life artist paints a masterpiece by painting life going its own way. I want to be a true-life artist.  I need to pay attention and forget.

Copyright © August 2001 Jim Wilson


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