when it comes
to art
I always find myself
gravitating
to the *****
the make-shift,
and the
simple
art,
I think,
should
be about life
not about
“high”
life
that is why I read Bukowski
and admire street art
and lawn art made of
corrugated metal
and adorn my walls
with miss-matched posters
and write about things
I do instead of about
things that mean
anything
art,
I think,
shouldn’t need
to be explained
so when it comes
to art,
I always find myself
seeming quite pretentious
in an untraditional
way
the way in which a teenager
scorns main-steam music
the way art critics ostracize
their ex-lover’s work
the way I refuse to write sonnets
and write about cereal instead
Jul 2, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM UTC
when it comes
to art
I always find myself
gravitating
to the *****
the make-shift,
and the
simple
art,
I think,
should
be about life
not about
“high”
life
that is why I read Bukowski
and admire street art
and lawn art made of
corrugated metal
and adorn my walls
with miss-matched posters
and write about things
I do instead of about
things that mean
anything
art,
I think,
shouldn’t need
to be explained
so when it comes
to art,
I always find myself
seeming quite pretentious
in an untraditional
way
the way in which a teenager
scorns main-steam music
the way art critics ostracize
their ex-lover’s work
the way I refuse to write sonnets
and write about cereal instead
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