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Does Art Have To Be Understood?
I often wander cautiously around art galleries, often in the shadow of sincere tourists with their hands behind their back, face poised in a wonderfully intellectual and pensive expression. I feel inclined to understand the vast collections before me as they seemingly are, and marvel at the sense of x throughout the complexity of y.…
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Waiting For Love- Poems for presents
I didn’t mind But Waiting for love Was like waiting for a dream to come To fly by and take me to a world afar Where love was the waterfall and I was the reflection I was shown the life from my dreams in the river A life where the moon kissed the stars And…
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Poems for Presents 2- Simplicity
Simplicity People talked about a simple life Where the petal of a rose was enough Or a bright Sunday morning of frost All quiet, all watching and waiting The simple life left people with only themselves It revealed the love, it grew from the peace But I, quite simply, had the world Loved to be…
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What it feels like
They told me Fly like a bird, they said all Be like the sound you want to hear Be like a sportsman, set the intention, precision Then play like a dream and run like the wind Sing you, sing like the moon, play as the risen lark Dream like the artist who grew this…
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Why it’s socially unacceptable to be passionate
Do our passions scare others? Do others enjoy questioning and taunting even if your interest means nothing to them? In today’s world, especially as a teenager, I notice inequalities, form strong opinions and fight for my beliefs but all too often this is frowned upon. Like for some reason I’m a woman fighting for her…
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A Curiosity
A curiosity comes And then it goes as soon as I realize All I’m curious about has less than an explanation No one knows what I desire to know It’s not for me to ask what or how or why It’s for me to do great, live well Then die.
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Sometimes we all get in the way of ourselves
http://youtu.be/GNc6qTwC7OY I’ve never experienced a relaxed performing experience. It’s always been a matter of hoping and praying that practice will have been enough and that my performance will be a quarter as fluent as it was in practice. This has really frustrated me. How is it fair that I become a completely different musician when I’m…
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The Performance Mind
Hope you’re enjoying my crazy little poems- I write them as an attempt to iron out the anxieties and thoughts in my head and hope they may provide a different perspective for other artists/ musicians. I’m aware how many people suffer from performance anxiety or stage fright and how often the remedies we are given…
Hattie Butterworth 