This has been my operating motto or ethos since I wrote a poem with this title in 2009 as part of a commission for a BBC website encouraging young people’s creativity. <\/p>\n
Here is that poem: <\/p>\n\t
Your life is a work of art.<\/p>\nThe shine that you
\nbring to the story\nThe way that you
\nwear that hat\nThe faces you saw
\nin the cracks on the floor\n
Your life is a work of art.<\/p>\nWhen you and your
\nfriends strike a pose\nThe reason that you
\nchose those rhymes\nThe angles of your arms
\nat the end of the dance\n
Your life is a work of art.<\/p>\nYour own reflection
\nwhen you least expect it\nOr colours caught in your
\ndrawer of clothes\nA collage of everything
\nyou’ve ever left behind\n
Your life is a work of art.<\/p>\nHow you frame it
\nwhen you see it
\nbecause you sense it
\nand how you edit.\nIt’s yours to inhabit
\nIt’s yours to exhibit
\nYou are the creator
\nYou are the curator.\n
Your life is a work of art.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Elspeth Murray 2009<\/p>\n