Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
Ain’t We Great?
Words are paint Paint becomes pixels Stone is chipped Chips in computers Memory is stored To interpret life Full of knowledge We but vaguely ken As each and all Seek understanding Artists all Seek to reveal As they create Ain’t we great? _________________ See more of my creative offerings at: Philip Brent Digital Art Brent […]
May We Have This Dance?
When all becomes equal Universal leavening So-called heat death We avoid catastrophe Sacrifice also glory Filling and fulfilling Sublime Such sameness Falls together No longer galaxies Stars, planets, people No music of the spheres Clank and clamor of life Lost within Undifferentiated chaos In and in and in Chaos pulls together Grows smaller, denser Seeking […]
All Our Winding Ways
What are the ways We navigate life Paths we follow What we choose Life chooses for us Locked in Sterile cubicles No matter How, how much We strive To create Make them ours Locked in To desks To dos and don’ts Our duties Trapped in cells Apps, smart phones Toys and gadgets Budgets, burdens Balls […]
Exciting New Designs
VIDA VOICES Philip Brent Signature Collection Fun and Exciting New Designs for Spring and Summer And more to come Here are two to new patterns to whet your appetite. Please stroll through my collection by clicking on any image or link. When you find something you like, take advantage of one of the following […]
Buy and Bye
Can you tell us of days, our future cast How we fared and how long did we last Not really important in the grand scheme Everything changes; know what I mean All of our glories and all of our horrors Blink of an eye; so much less than hours We all think we matter; I’m […]
Place Your Bets
I cannot tell you that I do not care World’s state leads me to despair All the greed, hatred and stupidity Can’t be the only one who can see Hate when I’m in this kind of funk Stinks worse than smell of a skunk Thank anyone who make me laugh Might even invite them on […]
And Really
Words that I write and art that I create Neither gritty nor cute enough to take It is quite colorful, but a teensy bit odd Come by and see it and give me the nod Face may be green, or a portrait of feet Or complex, hard to get, it can’t be beat Is it […]
Philip Brent Vida Voices Collection
Summer Sunshine ~ Philip Brent Vida Voices Collection Hello, Friends and Followers, I wanted to make you aware of two offers to purchase my designs from my Vida Voices collection. Both expire today, so I hope you will buy your favorites and save a bundle. You will find the discount codes after this message […]
The Spaces Between
Shall we talk then Shall we sing Discuss Rachmaninov Analyze Proust Remembrance of future things Will you tell me No one knows What tomorrow brings As musicians fingers fly Over strings, along the keys Quickly, quickly Come listen Not only notes, words Intonation, intention Momentary suspension Of belief, disbelief Worry, care Moments in amber Aria […]
What Is the Question?
We all think that we mean a lot History tells us the answer is not All of the names cited in books Future will give no second looks Burnt to cinders, Sol’s nova flash Nothing left to throw in the trash See more of my creative offerings at: Pen’s Might Philip Brent Digital Art Brent […]
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