Category Thoughts About Art & Culture

Meaning is Meaning

~~~~~   Each word I write comes from a placeWhich jazz musicians know well.Riffing off the world and each otherWhich will never sound the same twice.Each dependent on brief feelings,The vibe of the moment, connection.Never right or wrong, barely there.So that when it’s written downThe rest of us hear but a spark, an instantThat echoes, […]

Unseen Horizon

~~~~~ My eyes shout beware. No one hears.Their hearts and minds set on findingUnknown, unnamed treasure they’veBeen assured they’ll discover in time. Beware, you’re told, you must take itFrom those who claim what is yours.Rich will tell you to fear your friends,Tthe strangers they turn you against. Weep your tears, too salty to nourish.The love […]

Changes

~~~~~ Changes upon changes upon changes, From our birth until our final cerement. Myriad the changes sought and life-sent. In love and enmity, we may find satiety, Follow harmony and discord past variety. No matter the songs, notes or words cast, These and all must come to an end at last. Worry not of future […]

Time Alone

  ~~~~~ Are we contemplating our days of future past? Do we think anyone will remember us at last? Study us, analyze where, when, why we ended, discover how we died, greatness we pretended. Will they applaud us as the sun, moon and stars. view us like the finest horses, fastest race cars? Discard us […]

As I Fall Behind

~~~~~ In the light of the sunset,I saw the eyes of truth.Though they showed the debtI accrued in youth. They left me smiling, just the same. In the glory of the dawn,I heard the voice of all creation,saw the raptor and the fawn.I lived in their reflection, Laughed at everyone and myself. In the heat […]

Not So Fast

~~~~~ Thoughts on Western Art & Culture “Just wait. Not so fast,” she said.“Yours isn’t the only point of view.Most of those you tout are dead.So why should we listen to you?” “Your folks are surely worthwhile.They’re not the only who’re great.We evolves in time and in style.And not all are or should be late.” […]

Size Matters

~~~~~ It’s not the size of the brain in the thought. It is the size of the thought in the brain. ~~~~~ People Over Politics, World Over Wealth! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ See more of my creative offerings at: Brent Harris Fine Art […]

Answer to an Unasked Question

  ~~~~~ Answer to an Unasked Question Passionate Pacific, my daily inspiration: sunlight, sand and surf..Murmured messages wash on shore, chased by crashing wavesWarm strand, moonlit, twinkling on the swells, reflecting earth.Wind, water, weather form transient art, nothing the sea saves. Humbled, vastness of ocean, rolling horizon beyond our views. This and more as well […]

Three Letter Folk

~~~~~ We have absolutely no idea how our world will change Despite those who have wild hairs of how to rearrange. Someone may push a button, start the last of our wars. Perhaps, we finally see the dream of having flying cars. What of the three-letter agencies hidden in plain sight, Who tell us they […]

And Beyond

Glowing Moon ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~ If I could build a city on the moon Would it be best to hire workers who know? Earth’s cities built by those arrived too soon. Claimed land by the lake where I hear the loon. Divert to my crops; I control the flow. If I could build […]