Words are Art...

Words are Art... by Bethany Pace

Art is inevitable, art will always exist in the world.  We should be afraid when art disappears, that means we have lost ourselves, our sense of creativity, and our sense of humanity.  Art means one thing to one person, and another to the next, but art to me is everything.  Art is everything surrounding you, everything that captures your eye, and you yourself are a work of art.  A work of art created from the dust of the earth.  Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as a painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power. 

I express my art through painting, playing an instrument, and my favorite art form, words.  Words can move people, and occasionally mountains.  Words can bounce off someone’s tongue into millions of other’s brains.  Some words follow you home, some words follow you down the street, some words sleep beside you at night, and some words slide off the top of your cranium into the air only to dissipate behind you.

Your mouth could be described as an instrument. Since I am a musician, I can vouch for the fact that before you press your keys, set your embouchure, or begin to blow air, you must analyze the current situation.  If the note needs to be higher, your mouth should be set a bit tighter than it should be compared to a lower note.  Just as when you are speaking, you should stop and realize what’s going on, what you should say, and how it’s going to effect the people you are saying it to.

Being a person who carries the persecuting words of others upon their shoulders, and into bed with them, you should think before you speak.  If you have nothing constructive or meaningful to say, say nothing at all.

Words are art, words are harmful, words can be beautiful, and words can be mortifying...