Posted by thepainterdoug
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In the past 2- 3 years since covid and the election on, I have been super pissed, outraged, stressed and on a mission to get to the bottom of things.To uncover truths I guess. There are truths, aren't there? Sometimes I wonder?
And in doing so I have acclimated with a way of life that surrounds this notion and involves many like minded people. And dedication to this mission is often all encompassing. And when I ponder what would be the end result of this quest , or any quest for that matter, would It be satisfying and satiating ? Would it be a completion?
And then what?
Am I addicted to striving ? Striving for a noble cause ?
And when I look at the lion's share of my art and my creativity, it is striving for a better world, for everyone if possible.
But would I be happy then if all was solved, if justice was had, in the areas I seem to feel important ?
Is my striving just for the act of striving for something?
jeeze I hope I can lighten up! lol
Im reminded of a poem i wrote in 2014
"after the reckoning"
after the reckoning, will be time to paint flowers
with a softening hand, in faded old trousers
mixing colors and hues of sedation
for the eyes of a nation once had
no raising a brush, with crimson of anger
no hard handed edge will you see in my flowers
just languorous softness of line
pass my time and the hours
after the reckoning the stadiums empty
void of the stars who gave life to the lazy
citizens now all as one,
in this late evening hour
after the reckoning, a new kind of sadness
we’ll keep to ourselves as we’ve all been embarrassed
for what had we done for our children
less shopping and having fun ?
after the reckoning I’ll start writing songs
of soft sentimentalized delicate chords
flowers and songs all now stripped of their thorns
after the reckoning.
dauld/14
Is my Striving just to be Striving ?
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