Saturday, July 19, 2003
No artist lives to know the true value of his or her work. Who reads the once famous poetic "masterpieces" of Stephen Vincent Benet now? Yet other poets of his time who lived & died in relative obscurity are remembered, enjoyed & studied. Artists can only seek the true value of the creativity & ideals in themselves, & not count on public applause; but can insist that value be mirrored in some way by the people the artist knows & trusts. Otherwise, the artist exists, like one in abject poverty, in a living death, without "bread or Torah.' Without food or hope.
