Lost Art

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like we lost the love of art. It starts in the schools. We aren't exposed to it like we should be. That's something that was missing from when I was in school and I know it's not getting any better. Luckily for me I had parents who exposed me to that when I was younger and as I got older I started to lean on my siblings more also. For whatever reason most of my peers don't appreciate real art. They would consider the music they listen to as art. It's not but I already had my rant on today's music so I won't touch that here. I like going to art museums and museums period. There are other genres of music beside rap and r&b. Read a book besides what I call the chitlin' circuit books. The same goes for the chitlin' circuit plays. I see so many people who have the potential to do big things but they're too focused on what's trendy now. I'm writing a book but I worry that my own people won't read it because it doesn't deal with the drama that a typical black author would write about. But they have to go deeper into what it's about and realize that it addresses one huge stereotype about black men. But I digress. I could take this opportunity to talk down about the school that I went to but I don't think that it would serve a purpose. There is life outside of high school and we can learn about these things on our own. We shouldn't depend on others to teach us what we have interest in. The next great painter, musician, poet or writer could be sitting in class bored because he or she is not being challenged. I can honestly say that I was bored in class, even in college, because deep down inside I wasn't interested in what they were talking about. If I wanted the limelight I would have been using one of my God given talents years ago. I've been sitting on them for a long time. Now I'm finally starting to let the world in on my best kept secrets. I'm sure there are other youngsters like me who don't realize what they can do. I hope some way they find a way to get it out of their systems.