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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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#1109107 added February 23, 2026 at 2:41pm
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On Art's Influence
Prompt: Art
Write about art's influence on people. What is it about art that changes and inspires people?


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Talking about visual arts alone, I have two cousins who are true artists. Plus, at one time or another, I tried my hand at painting and even worked with a local artist, Mr. Cardiff, semi-famous at the time; he used to work in NY City and did illustrations for several magazines. But that was once upon a time. After Mr. Cardiff passed away, during sometime in late 20th century, I think early 1980's, I stopped painting. So, I can easily say art had influence on me, since my family has had several artists during the several decades of my lifetime and the last couple of centuries.

Why is art so impressive on us people, then? I think it is because art can reach the parts of us that logic alone cannot handle. Art makes us see and be seen. It gives shape to our private emotions, and while doing that, it heals our hurts. It reassures us that our fears, longings, griefs, or joys are also shared by some others.

I can easily say that art has inspired me by showing me possibilities, transformation, and beauty in everywhere and especially in overlooked places. Surely this can be said about all arts, too. In my case, even as a young person, art made me understand that the world may not be fixed and that it can be reimagined. Maybe it is that mystery in art that talks to imagination rather than demanding approval or agreement.

Art, in any area--be in the visual arts, in music, or literature--has certainly offered me something almost spiritual, something inward. I know it moved me. And possibly, what moved me, shaped me.





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