Such beauty and truth in a child born anewAn innocent carrier of endowment and blessings trueLet all within Life's quest be ever in freedom knownWith love, compassion, grace and TRUTH be our guidance shown.Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New YorkAllegory of the Five Senses, oil on canvas, 1668, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Gérard de Lairesse, 1640–1711.Last night my son presented me with the recording of, "The Voice of Knowledge," by Don Miguel Ruiz, the author of "The Four Agreements. " It is indeed a most validating perspective. We are the God Spirit, perfect in our innocence, shadowed only by the lies within the stories created by others in denial of our own blessings and endowments. And so these very words shared this day.
At one time the word 'art' referred to 'being.' As it may have been asked, "Who art thou?" (archaic 2nd person singular present of be). I see each life as a palette of possibilities, of potentialities, of passion, of power, to be held in awe, in reverence, in celebration, in fulfillment. The artist holds true to these expressions, and so brings these ever present quests to each artful encounter, be it painting, poetry, sculpture, architecture, literature, dance, drama, theater... staging, exhibiting, sharing, purpose fulfilled. With each experience, each perception, our senses engaged, our feeling and knowing defined, our spirit touched. And so, "Let Us Proclaim," holding true to each bestowed gift of the Creator.
