Art Is...

An indwelling force-
ancient
as humanity-
a need
to cull 
from our environment
depictions.
It is a bringing
forth,
the urge
to beautify
and decorate-
to craft...
Whether working
with paint or charcoal-
with beads
(like multicolored seeds)
it is weaving and embroidering,
leaping into dance-
an ecstasy and exuberance
and the poet's articulation
of words.
It is the bedrock of
culture
and civilization
art is as motion to the
athlete-
it is portrayal and expression,
emotion condensed,
an outpouring
of imagination and interpretation,
a braiding of the
seen, heard and felt.
It is the heart made manifest-
magic blossoming
through the artist's very
hands...