Alor Cafe

Last night I read at an open mic on staten island. It was so much fun. I wish I could do this for a living... now that i have become acclamated to Staten Island, i dont want to leave right away. my creativity is flourishing and i missed this side of me. it completes me.

art for art sake

i am not sure if this will make sense to anyone but here it goes. am i just making art for art sake or is there a real purpose? a friend of mine told me that i create art because it is my passion. i find this odd seeing how it was not me making the statement but an outsider "observing" my actions as such. i have written stories and poems, painted, taken photos, created art in any way that would convey the ideas that were floating in my head and make them legible to those i came in contact with... so am i creating art for art sake? am i creating art because it is my passion. i think i teeter on the fact that art is a form of therapy for my soul and constantly begs me to spill my guts ... it just transpires as art..hmmm..something to think about at least while i tediously mull over projects.