how to be an artist

ZOELAB 365POEM
Written By Zoë Dearborn

ZOELAB DAY 74

how to be an artist

 

Let everything in you count

(even shit storms) 

     and carry a pen.

 

    especially softness. 

listen for it, 

   its voice waits to be heard.

 

    paying special attention 

to the child.

 

Don’t judge the different parts, 

     love them or let them be.

 

After all, we are letting our hearts matter. 

We are daring to live from the right side of the brain.

 

Don’t be lazy 

unless you are trying to be lazy.

 

Let the child inside

live out its course. 

Follow her closely, 

delight in her delights, 

cradle her rage, 

listen to her lessons. 

Most of all, respect her, 

for she makes the artist in you.

 

Everything you have ever been and will ever be 

is right here in the room with you.

Don’t chase it,

let it come to you when it is called for.

 

You are becoming: 

 

  1. desire/love (ego/egoless, wants something in return/wants nothing in return)

  2. belief

  3. courage

  4. commitment

  5. stubbornness

  6. grace

 

Dare to take up space in this world. 

           You are only practicing the art of being yourself.

Zoë Dearborn

Zoë Dearborn is here to inspire humans to fulfill our deepest potential and highest purpose through her philosophy that combines spirituality, psychology, the arts & education, using her original songs, classes, essays, videos, dance, events, poems, talks & stories. She holds an MA in Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts Therapy from California Institute of Integral Studies and a BA in Studio Art and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College. She spent her first thirty years in Brooklyn, and now lives off the grid, in the desert, with her husband and seven year old son in Southern Baja, Mexico.

http://www.zoedearborn.net/
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