Art and Artists

Art is the Great Opener of the Mind, the Heart, the Soul.

Art is the Bridge, the Gate, the Door to seeing, hearing, feeling Life as ‘So Much More’.

Artists are Creators, ReCreators, Transformers-

selves expressing the Self in many varied ways-

lives expressing Life in the sublime and mundane.

Artists are bridges, gates and doors,

revealers, inspirers, motivators, communicators

of the wonders and true magic of Life.

Art is Life expressing Itself in us-

we who open to Art as Life Itself in us.

Only Closed Minds and Hearts and Souls

limit, restrict, confine, deny Art as Life in us-

God’s own glory flowing through us,

measured and filtered though it be.

August 14, 2025

Shelley A. Wilson

Haileybury, Ontario

Living By The Lake

Living by Lake Timiskaming and boating through its many moods both day and night, I savour the pleasant adventures.

We also sometimes boat a short way up Wabi Creek and pretend it’s the Amaxon River. It’s not hard to imagine with the high heat we have been experiencing.

The Fire Dragon

The smoke of Smaug drifts in the air

over the land, the lake, and everywhere

warning and threatening all we hold dear

like Lies and Deceptions that spread

to fill the World with Fear and Dread.