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    Life as Art

    November 1, 2015

    | By

    Tania Richley

    As I was searching for something else on google today, I stumbled upon these beautiful words by a young songwriter/singer and author by the name of Charlotte Eriksson. Reading more about her, I was inspired by her beautiful soul and artistic spirit. I can't help being drawn to someone who describes herself with these lovely words, "I wanted to turn my life into art, my very existence into a poem. It might not always be easy, but it will always be beautiful." Wow! 

     

    http://www.charlotteeriksson.com/

     

     

    “... so this is for us.
    This is for us who sing, write, dance, act, study, run and love
    and this is for doing it even if no one will ever know
    because the beauty is in the act of doing it.
    Not what it can lead to.
    This is for the times I lose myself while writing, singing, playing
    and no one is around and they will never know
    but I will forever remember
    and that shines brighter than any praise or fame or glory I will ever have,
    and this is for you who write or play or read or sing
    by yourself with the light off and door closed
    when the world is asleep and the stars are aligned
    and maybe no one will ever hear it
    or read your words
    or know your thoughts
    but it doesn’t make it less glorious.
    It makes it ethereal. Mysterious.
    Infinite.
    For it belongs to you and whatever God or spirit you believe in
    and only you can decide how much it meant
    and means
    and will forever mean
    and other people will experience it too
    through you.
    Through your spirit. Through the way you talk.
    Through the way you walk and love and laugh and care
    and I never meant to write this long
    but what I want to say is:
    Don’t try to present your art by making other people read or hear or see or touch it; make them feel it. Wear your art like your heart on your sleeve and keep it alive by making people feel a little better. Feel a little lighter. Create art in order for yourself to become yourself
    and let your very existence be your song, your poem, your story.
    Let your very identity be your book.
    Let the way people say your name sound like the sweetest melody.

    So go create. Take photographs in the wood, run alone in the rain and sing your heart out high up on a mountain
    where no one will ever hear
    and your very existence will be the most hypnotising scar.
    Make your life be your art
    and you will never be forgotten.” 
    ― Charlotte Eriksson

     

     

     

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