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Paintings Futility


Every art movement has become home decor, even abstract expressionism, which in it's beginning had life. This is the only way the public could make sense of it, as something to fill space, otherwise not much else. Some paintings have added to my depression, some have worsened my experience at work. They increase the feeling of repetition and the predictable nature of the job Abstraction used for it's decorative qualities, oh goodness. Sometimes you wish the lines would retreat into the wall. This seems to be the destruction to art when it's original purpose is no longer appreciated.
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Ian Mccleary

Poetry is important to my life because it gives me a way of saying things I never imagined were in me. My poems deal with all kinds of subjects, my attitude on today's culture, art, corporations, nature, etc. But these aren't the only things that I write about in my poetry. I don't have a favorite poet, but probably Michael McClure is the poet I have learned the most from, from his readings on YouTube.

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