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To the Artist

Go, then, artist!
Leap into that white canvas.
Become the paint,
The painter,
The painted,
And leave behind
The ones who doubt
The magic of camel-hair colors;
Feather wisps of imagination
Drawn from a deeper well.
Be, then, sculptor!
Reach into that marble slab.
Become the stone,
The chisel,
The hammer,
And mirror back
Those endless eyes
That see things as they really are;
Create the likeness of liquid dream
To soothe with satin stares.