Must Pulse Art Engage With Ghost Audience? Poem by Terence George Craddock

is it
art

is it
therapy

is it art
is it money

is an overlay
ever trendy

is an artist creating
is art produced engaging
hinting at amazing

no spark no animated interest
no X factor sales pitch appeal
flat battery is boring no sale

an argument
born in shadows
artist

has already left the room
critic steps in to explain a canvas
artist has left creativity framed

exited artist
about to be hung
out to dry

must pulse
art engage
at a glance

with ghost
audience
does guest

audience
need
to perceive

need
to work
feel

think

to perception
understand
what rests

before in front

of them
stirring
emotions

sparking interest
blowing mind
opening horizons

or not

producing
indifference
all astute

answers state
art needs
to do nothing

art
does
not

need
to do
anything

at rest
an inanimate
product

like a flash
super hot fast car
flat battery

a sleek pricy
sports car
flat battery

prestigious polished
Bugatti La Voiture Noire
top speed of 260 mph

is going nowhere
is an oversized ornament
taking us nowhere

critic
might imply
an artist

due
to hand
creator

responsibility

must strive
for reaction
art required

art itself
at bedrock
is but

an activity

but
high
art

investment
trend hot
art

speculative
is hedge betting
on banked futures

purchases
calculated as
serious investment

recap
is it art
is it therapy

is an overlay
ever trendy
artistic aesthetic

veneer
applied bias
common

still
sweeping visa
conception

a perspective
pill luxury
a panorama

candy
reserved
for cult

western consumption

beyond
rules
regulated

discourse

remains
raw action
simple doing

revisiting the chart
is it art is it therapy

is a critics chant
an overlay ever trendy

therapy is where art
goes a little bendy

as doctors therapists
appropriate art medically

apply a bit of dab dab
wet paint painting therapy

apply a bit of writing bright
coloured crayons calligraphy


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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