support the arts. go see a friend’s theatre production, buy a piece of artwork you love if you can afford it, tip a street musician who made you stop walking to admire their skills. the arts are so beautiful and under appreciated. please commemorate people for the hard work they show through artwork. as an artist, it’s so easy to become discouraged, so if you have an opportunity to support an artist, do your best to take it.
“You’re up in the cosmos swimming deep,
Down in the river flying high,
Evading the questions asked,
Exhaling the driven anxiety. You’re rolling and diving
Trying to keep with the times.
Well shed off your outer-coating,
Let that old self drift away. You’re in the flowing stars,
Far away from the fears,
Far away from the nightmares.
You will always be free here. You’re feeling the silver cascades,
The lavender pools and waves,
Purifying you in completeness.
Close your eyes, sweet child. You’re safe and sound now.”
hm. thinking about the knife-to-the-ribs contrast between Baby Anakin defiantly saying, “I’m a person and my name is Anakin!” in Episode One and Darth Vader defeatedly saying, “That name no longer has any meaning to me” in Episode Six.
thinking also about how many of Luke’s decisions in ROTJ were essentially him telling his father “You’re a person and your name is Anakin.”
