I fell in love with a nobody

thinking that I wouldn’t
and never would
what if I become
a nobody too?

~ 30 Aug 06, written in 20 seconds. Partly inspired by the poetry of Zen monks like Ikkyu and Ryokan

Jess C Scott
from her book Porcelain

Light & Dark

[light]

Raindrops on
My room window
I think of
You
And to the night
I wonder
If you’re thinking
Of me
Too?

[dark]

Raindrops against
My room window
I think of
You
And wonder
If you think of me too
Or if
You’re spending the night
With
Your TV set.

-Jess C Scott
from her book Porcelain

Immersion is Delicious

- Christine Texiera

1000

A thousand kisses
A thousand apologies—
We aren’t meant to be.

~ 14 Feb 2004
Jess C Scott
from her book Porcelain

Introducing: Jess C Scott

I got a request from a random person one day. She wanted to know if I could feature her work on this blog. I delayed checking out her book for a little while, but when I read it, I found that I enjoyed many of the poems in it. So I told her I would feature them on here, with a little introduction.

The book is called Porcelain, and can be downloaded for free from her website, Here

Bio from her website:

:: Short Version ::

[x] Jess C Scott :: missfey @ gmail.com

[x] Writer. Artist. Non-conformist. 23. Why I Write.

[x] I design my own book covers. I am a solo powerhouse :)

[x] My LinkedIn Profile.

[x] Contributed to the 2010 Jossey-Bass/Wiley publication, MY LIE.

I could just keep driving

- Christine Texiera

Making Art is Important

We sometimes belittle our own efforts as artists and writers, because we are not professional, or it was “nothing” or whatever we use as excuses, but being creative and making art in its many forms is important and revolutionary. The smallest phrase you put together begins the undermining of the current consumer capitalist society which wants you to be “entertained” but not creative.

I decided to start this blog as a place to encourage people I knew to think more of themselves as creative beings. Many of them wrote terrific things, made interesting paintings, and left them in some dark closet; what else was there to do with them? I wanted a forum for those items to be brought out and given to larger audiences and for the creators of those items to have more moments where they think, “Yes, I am good at this!” and “I love doing this!”

I wanted to make a place where we aren’t after perfection, we aren’t after the best ever, we aren’t out to make any money off someone else’s creative acts. We are out to encourage the spread of creativity and art in the hands of everyday people. We are out to encourage people to engage in the most important act: to think for themselves, to trust their own minds.