The people represented in this small book are
artists. They have created
something out of nothing, or, more accurately, they have created something out of themselves. They are now willing to share their creations with you.
Artists create their art to show they are human, and at the same time to broaden
the human experience. The works in this book portray a
vulnerability that would not come into ordinary conversations. Many people cannot find the
safety to be completely honest except while writing or painting or sculpting or any other of the wide varieties of fine art.
These people are artists. Many of these artists stay destined to be published only in their homes, or maybe their own diaries, while others may possibly be the next
Michelangelo or
Whitman. All of them, however, remain artists.
What you now have in front of you is a book of experiences of your fellow humans. Here are
fights with parents and
longings for friends and
broken hearts and
healing hearts and possibly some
plain pure joy that someone wanted to share with you. They do this sharing in a beautiful way. They create art out of all these emotions and hope that we will appreciate the artwork as well as the emotions, and so we’ll try.
A few years back I shared a poem with and older friend and
mentor of mine. He returned it with these words scribbled on top: “
Thank you for the gift.” I thank all the artists for the gift in this book, given to us all.
Enjoy.
Written by
Dirk R. Nykamp for
Scripta