some thoughts

Salaam Aleikum

I don't know what's going to define and differentiate what I write on this blog or in my journal...Maybe just what I want to share with people..

Today I started reading a book that I bought at the thrift store by Jung Chang called "Wild Swans: Three daughters of China". In the first chapter "Concubine to a Warlord General" Chang tells her grandmother's story of being a concubine from 1909-1933. I was impressed with what Chang immediately offered culturally and historically. While describing the courting process between her grandmother, her great grandfather, and General Xue, Chang writes; "Yang had now given General Xue a chance to appreciate his daughter's beauty and intelligence. The final qualification was artistic talent"(38). This to me is a fine summation of what art is. I wrote this down as soon as I read the passage.

"A person's perfection of their art demonstrates their balance/prescence of beauty and intelligence"

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I suppose my art would be to create...The point of writing this was just to share some simple thoughts I have in my head that come out...more complicated when written down or spoken.
peace,
cm