Among 7.9 billion people on the planet,
How many can you get to know of, in your lifetime?
How many can you be inspired by?
How many can you meet in person?
How many can you become friends with?
Author: Ko Takamine
Because of You (Poem)
From you, I learned how to be strong
Not to be affected by others, not to lose myself
No matter what they say
You are you – no need to yield or surrender
Through you, I found my weakness
Vulnerability that needs to be dissolved
Emerged in a shape of pitch-black shadow
By exposed to your bright, shining belief
Power-Deceit-Truth (Quotes)
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
George Orwell, English Author
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell, English Author
The Metamorphosis (Play)
One morning, GREG awakes as a gigantic insect.
GREG
What the hell is happening? Am I still in my dream?
SAVIOR appears in front of GREG in spotlight.
SAVIOR
Yes and no, Greg Sams.
GREG
Who… who are you? How did you get in here?
Cosmopolitan (Poem)
Are you from a city or country-side?
Are you from a wealth or a poor?
Are you from a largely connected family or a nuclear family?
Are you from a highly religious family or non-religious family?
Scriptwriter in Marble (Poem)
Wrote a script. Short one. For a play.
It was fun. Delved into my own fantasy world.
Time flew like an arrow. Polishing work was joyously endless.
I’d be still editing. If there were no due to meet.
First Step (Quotes)
“Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.”
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch post-impressionist painter
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher
Up, Down, Backward, and Forward (Poem)
What is this feeling?
So complicated
It’s not a single emotion
Confusing and unexplainable
It’s like a mosaic, numerous feelings
Blending in creating something new
Something that wasn’t there before
Am I expanding? Transforming? Ascending?
Moving up, down, backward, or forward
On the loops of Mandala
What makes a Great Artist?
“Dependency murdered creativity.
Creativity plays with the unknown.
No strategies exist that can enclose the endless realm of the new.
Only trust in yourself can carry you past your fears and the already known.”Velvet Buzzsaw, 2019
Great Artist (Poem)
What makes a great artist?
Talent, passion, refinement, perseverance, or luck
All of these elements are required? Or some of them?
Yet, the most important thing is “authenticity”
Artists must express themselves with their inherent, unique energy
Without being afraid of any consequences
The form of art can be anything from painting, writing, acting, singing to playing music
Yet, all the artwork must deliver spirit: the artist’s soul
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