"ART"

  

When the artist can be the flower,

When the artist can be the bird,

When the artist can be the insect,

And display their artwork as if it was born of their body;

When the artist truly understands how nature creates,

How nature communicates with creative intent,

When they understand the history of intent

In a world full of kill or be killed,

Then they will know what is:

The art of survival.

Creative communication,

Creative expression,

Creative thinking,

Not art, but the art of survival.

By what measure do we call the ready made art,

While what nature has already made goes unnoticed?

Creativity existed long before the birth of art.

Art is but the human extension of a creative evolutionary process.

Art is the child of creativity, born through the blood

Of every living creature that has ever existed.

It is the creative arm of Natural selection,

Creative selection to be more precise.

Human art is but a child,

Evolving and learning, while trying to impress its mother.

Creative communication,

Creative expression,

Creative thinking,

Not art, but the art of survival.

When humans understood their environment,

When we understood the culture of the animals,

When we understood 'why' the beauty of the flowers,

Reflecting critically upon the world around us,

When we decided that we also needed this culture

That gives animals identity and binds their groups and species,

When we decided to sing, dance and be colorful,

A spiritual awakening and bonds of culture,

When we finally understood how nature survives,

This is when art was born.

This is when Humans were born.

David Yanez

12-12-16

Look To The Past

Acrylic and Graphite on Paper

40" x 52"

2014