Static

Perhaps you

see everything

you see it

rushing past

you are almost

gracefully secure

in the knowledge

the selvedge

is stronger

than you care

to acknowledge

but you watch

knowing some

days it’s easier

to bake cake

than peel potatoes

you would rather

swim than sink.

If the Angel

  deigns to come

  it will be because

  you have convinced

  her, not by tears but

  by your humble resolve to be always

  beginning:  to be a

  beginner.

1. -Rilke
   

“There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action.  And because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.  And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.  The world will not have it.  It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions.

It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open....whether you choose to take an art class, keep a journal, record your dreams, dance your story or live each day from your own creative source.  Above all else, keep the channel open”. 

                                     - Martha Graham

          (From my book:    Woman on the Verge - The Subject is Herself)