Thursday, September 25, 2008

Paintings, Plays, they are all the same show.....capture the audience .....leave them wanting more

So I have really been sick lately. Temperature over a hundred degrees, trouble breathing, and just completely aching. I stayed locked in a room for about three days ,not much TV because it bothered me, and just slept and thought. I had a lot of quiet time. Now I'm back in the swing of things and walking through Nordstrom's really just kind of gave a weird love/hate feeling. The smell of a woman's perfume can take you back to so many memories. Let's just say that some people should stay buried away where you don't think of them too much. Problem is sometimes I do, and then I just look away. On the other side of that I am working on another commission and it has to go along with this song or poem however you want to look at it.

I am very Honored to be asked to be doing this piece as I find a lot of truth in this piece. Here you go...In this song, Quixote explains his quest and the reasons behind it ... in doing so,
he captures the essence of the play and its philosophical underpinnings.
(For me, it is absolutely magical.)

To dream ... the impossible dream ...
To fight ... the unbeatable foe ...
To bear ... with unbearable sorrow ...
To run ... where the brave dare not go ...
To right ... the unrightable wrong ...
To love ... pure and chaste from afar ...
To try ... when your arms are too weary ...
To reach ... the unreachable star ...

This is my quest, to follow that star ...
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far ...
To fight for the right, without question or pause ...
To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause ...

And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest,
That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm,
when I'm laid to my rest ...
And the world will be better for this:
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach ... the unreachable star ...