Tuesday, June 15, 2006

TO GENIUSES EVERYWHERE [.j.evonne.] jevonneATfastmail.fm
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One of the great joys of being on the road these past few weeks was catching the graduation recital of Erin & Caitlin Stephens-North, two New England songsmiths and artists on a higher plane.

They performed 20+ pieces, mostly their own works like this one from

HOW TO BE A GENIUS:

How 'bout this
Have your own ideas
MANIFEST them
Use ellipses to get YOUR point across
Because it feels right. Is right.
Use the right color, the right movement, the right interval to convey
Not because it's regurgitated
Because it has to be born
Easy enough to say
Of course not everyone needs to create
Needs to communicate the flickering profundity
Or couldn't tell Quality from mediocrity if they were wearing little "hello-my-name-is" name tags
Though so many fewer than we perceive
If we only dug and thought and didn't settle until we felt
Something, waiting expectantly for reality not knowing we aren't living it
And it won't come until we decide to claim our genius
The Smiling Buddha
The real moments
Of art beauty passion glory wisdom truth transcendence fire bliss agony epiphany euphoria angst revelation nightmare catharsis connection sweet melancholic reflection the present REALITY
They have nothing up on you if you decide to live
Take nothing less than what is worthwhile
It is waiting...
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