CIURLIONIS (A Snippet - For Rene's Group)

We also know that many have chosen this or, perhaps, for many being a little "out there" helped them to be great artists.

Into the Light

Poets, hunkering down for solitude,
gather singly before the smoldering fire
to poke sticks, charred to a point,
into coals to make flame.
Shadows flicker, heat rises,
and the poets risk getting burned
by a tenacious spark,
getting too warm on one side,
cold on the other,
smelling of smoke for days.
Still, it's more than moths
that fly into the light,
unable to resist their nature.


Chris Brockman

Many artists have paid that price and I often wonder why it's necessary for them to suffer. I find my passion in beauty, light and love (and occasional "darkness", but I certainly don't dwell there).

Thank you beyond all words for your kind words and wonderful poem, dear Chris! :-)

Blessings and best wishes in a plenty - S.

Yes, JustMe, my sweet friend, so right you are - Van Gogh is only one of my lifetime favorites who comes to mind... much the same story here. Ciurlionis was an exceptionally talented person - a painter, a composer, a poet... nobody knows the real reason of his illness, but he died quite young in an asylum, leaving the heritage Lithuanians and other people all around the globe will be proud for eons...

Love and hugs - S.

Yes even Mozart died quite young and so did Rimbeau.
Thank you for this glimpse of thie artist. I was stunned by the many moods that he depicted and the artistic way in which he did it.
I wonder if the music was composed by him. It certainly complemented his art.
I think that the brain and the heart are often too complex to understand fully. It is sometimes found that a brilliant artist can be flawed in some way. Often this flaw leads in some mysterious way to an early death.
But Ciurlionis left an unforgettable legacy. Thank you Sveta for letting us share this gift..

Yes, dear Fred, the music was his as well. ;-) Thank you so very much for your most kind and thoughtful comment, my dear friend!

Hugs and blessings - S.

Wonderful tribute in poetry to Ciurlionis and others, Sveta.

Thank you so very much, John, my dear friend! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.

"To know this to the profound degree you do" is exemplary of the par excellence of your own true Artistry, Sveta.

I loved the information provided about ?iurlionis @ Wikipedia. What a grand marvel that he was able to play by ear as well as he did by the age of three, and sight read music so adeptly by the age of seven. Grand work, friend!

Svetlana:

I like this. And it would not be limited to artists but prophets as well. In some sense we are all artists. We all want to see. Some even look.

Wait. We all want to see, but there is a price. That's your point. And maybe not all would jump at the chance. Maybe all are not artists or prophets.

How can we think these things without being elitists. Without thinking ourselves better than most. Aren't we all equal? Don't we get equality of opportunity?

Maybe not. We all have gifts. A truly humble person will recognize his or her own gifts and own them. They cannot be wasted. They will atrophy and rot unless they are owned and used. If there is a law parallel to conservation of mass and energy, it might be the law of conservation of gifts. Those not owned will fly away to someone else.

God will get his or her glory. God's work will be done. Those gifts are not given in vain.

Cheers.

Jim

These words I can feel and understand on many levels and in many scenario, about myself and others. It's a surreal feeling of knowing a sacrifice is worth doing.

Thank you all for your most kind, thoughtful, generous comments, my dear ones! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.

Well said Svetlana, 'indomitable heart of a true Artist' - I liked it!

Thank you so very much, Haim, my dear friend! :-)

Shalom ubraha - S.

I liked the way you set up the rhetorical question, Svetlana.

Thank you so very much for your generous words, dear John! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.

Otlichno, Chrisulen'ka moi! :-)

Hugs and blessings - S.

So true, sweet Marianne - thank you for your most generous words! :-)

Love and hugs - S.

I was that brave once, and often I think, "what if I refused to look?... Would I still own the terrible need that gnaws within?"

Your avatar says it all perfectly, my dear friend... maybe that's why I always did like this picture. ;-)


Blessings and best wishes - S.

Wow

Beautiful work, Svetlana. I think each one of us has the opportunity to not only glimpse, but live, celesital harmony. But we, the artists, not only choose to glimpse, but to believe. If there is darkness it is because what we believe and what we experience do not mesh.

Superb!

Thank you Sveta. I was not familiar with him. I will look into him some more. I have known many artists and find alot of them to be out of step with the rest of the world. Many of them have a darkness in their soul. Why this is I do not know. I think there is beauty in the light and the dark. Thank you for sharing this @ Biography - Who Interests You?

I'm letting you know that I have linked my article, Lithuanians in Afghanistan/Sean Pillai interviews Jeff Mellinger/Michael Jackson - Dispatch from Michael Yon, to your article here. I hope this generates more views for you.  :)

Thank you all, my dearest ones! Sorry for being away for too long, but your most generous comments are the source of my creativity and inspiration... love and blessings to everyone! :-)

Warmly from Moscow - S.