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Hello to everyone who is reading this page.
I was asked to write something in this section from a dear and
very special friend. Okay...I will try to do so and I hope I
will not bore you!
I have been floating in this virtual sea for a very long time
and every day I have reached the same shores, the shores of
the The Poet Site. I remember with great pleasure when Barbara
(Unbreakable) asked me, four years ago, to become a member of
this site...I felt really honoured and happy, because for the
first time I was aboarding something that I felt different from
many other things. What I felt was creativity, enthousiasm,
cheerfulness and, most of all, freedom. For the first time I
was free to express myself for what I really am...not because
the screen of a computer was protecting me but because in The
Poet Site we have always wanted everyone to be theirselves.
Actually, the person who brought us here, Mr Andreas Johnson
says: “Being yourself without caring about conventions...”
I have been restrained by conventions for a long time. When
I was a child I wanted to do a million things: to become a dancer,
a doctor, an archaeologist, I wanted to travel and reach the
North pole....when you are a child you feel like you can do
everything just by clicking your fingers. Then I grew up and
I realized that you can’t do everything you want just
by clicking your fingers. You have to work to live, you have
to live in certain way, you have to follow some rules and most
of the time, you can manage it. But, still, there is always
a moment in your day when you would just want to shout and “fight”
against your boss, your teachers – against anyone who’s
assailing you with words like “you have to do like this,
you have to do like that...” – and live according
to your ideas.
Well...when I entered this “virtual world” I was
free to do so.
When I started to focus on what I was feeling inside myself
and not on what other people were expecting from me, a new world
opened in front of me. I took “drastic” decisions
sometimes, I followed my instinct other times and even though,
unfortunately, conventions are still surrounding me, I have
something more now: I know inside myself that the world I am
creating around me is like I want it to be.
When I look at these drawings...well, the critical eye of the
artist turns on immediately. Honestly, I don’t like them,
but I am talking as a “teacher” and as a critic
of my works!
But...if I put aside the scholastic aspect and I look at them
with my heart, they stir me up a huge tenderness. I don’t
remember exactly which of these drawings I painted first, but
I remember clearly what I felt when I painted it. Have you ever
found yourself looking at the sky, feeling the smell of the
rain and after a while being under a storm? Well, this is what
I felt the first time I listened to “Please, do me right”.
While listening to the voice of Andreas, I remember I thought
“This time something is going to happen...”...and
after a while a had that sketch in my hands...like a storm,
really!
The smell of the rain has never left me since then and still
today when I listen to “Starcrossed”, I feel my
hands quivering in search of a pencil. Once, I was asked from
a person who is no more a member of this site, why I drew faces
or what looked like moments of “lived life”... because
when I listen to the songs of Andreas I see some kind of flashbacks
in my head... “I hold my breath, I feel alive”,
for example, is a man in a cold night of january. He is walking
down a solitary road and although he has lived a sad moment
or he is feeling lonely...he feels alive and he walks, he walks
holding his coat...or... “in a city of cream we’re
floating by...” is a big city full of lights under a huge
neon light with fluorescent writings and a crowd of people floating
around you like sirens with no water.
I dont’ know if it is the same for you, but this is what
happens to me and, strange enough, only with Andreas music.
He is the only one capable of that, because is the only who
really writes with his heart and not following the rules of
marketing!
A definiton of “artist” doesn’t exist.. Everyone
is an artist in his own little world. You are an artist if you
follow your instict, your heart, if you live your life with
sincerity...you, who have contributed to create this site, are
all artists. The Fan Art section is very important because it
shows what the music of Andreas can lead to create but, actually...
the whole site is a huge fan art, from the first line to the
last one.
Well...this is what I wanted to say. I will steal a statement
from one of the greatest genius of contemporary art, Mr. Pablo
Picasso: “I DON’T SAY EVERYTHING, BUT I PAINT EVERYTHING”.
Well, these words are just perfect to describe me as I am not
that good when it comes to writing...I rather express myself
through a carmine red or an ultramarine blue...so forgive me
if my words have bored you.
What else can I say?...You, who have read these lines, are all
very special persons and have a special place in my heart. Together,
we are sharing a journey that goes beyond long distances or
different languages. We are a group of “pretty ones”,
a bit crazy and fun, who loves Andreas music and poetry.
I just want to add one more little thing...Andreas, if you are
reading this, I want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart,
for what you have done and you don’t know you have done.
A big kiss to all of you
Annalisa/Patiently
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