ARTIST STATEMENT

BY ANA MARIA SARLAT









THE SWORD





I CARRY A SWORD CALLED ART

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

A GIFT, A BURDEN, A WEAPON!

THE SOOTHESAYER, DIVINER AND PROPHET.

THE HIGH PRIESTESSAND THE SORCERESS!

THE PAUPER AND THE KING!



MAGIC MADE MANIFEST.

THE CHANNELING OF CREATION

THE THOUGHT PROCESS COMPOSED,

THE SPIRIT SET FREE!



I ACCEPT THIS SWORD CAREFULLY AND WISELY,

FOR SWORDS CAN CUT ON BOTH SIDES

AND THEY OWN NO HEART!

RECIEVING THE SWORD IS NOT THE VIRTUE

AND NEITHER IS OWNING ONE.

THE VIRTUE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE WISDOM EMPLOYED

AND THE JOY FOUND IN THE SATISFACTION OF ITS OUTCOME.



THE SWORD IS A TEACHER,

AN AESTHETIC WARNING.

THE GIVER OF HOPE FOR A BETTER MANKIND!



I USE MY SWORD TO SEEK OUT TRUTH AND WISDOM

I USE MY SWORD SPARINGLY ON THOSE WHO TRAMPLE

OVER THE LIVES OF OTHERS !

I USE MY SWORD TO DECAPITATE INJUSTICE

AND TO CLEAR THE PATH SO THAT OTHERS MAY PASS!



THROUGH MY SWORD

I SEEK TO BE MORE WISE AND NOT SO SMART!

SPECIALLY IN TIMES OF NEED,

FOR WE ARE MOST VULNERABLE THEN.

I WATCH THE EGO CAREFULLY FOR THIS RASCAL

CAN FOOL YOU INTO NOTHINGNESS OVERNIGHT!



ALL IN ALL

I AM THANKFUL FOR MY SWORD

AND I HOPE THAT I WILL DO JUSTICE BY IT.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GIFT

WAS NOT GIVEN UNTO ME,

BUT THAT THROUGHME

THIS GIFT IS DELIVERED UNTO OTHERS!



TRUE WISDOM

IS NOT FOUND IN BOOKS,

IT IS FOUND IN THE HEARTS OF THE NOBLE

AND IN THE EYES OF HE OR SHE

WHO SEEKS THE TRUTH!





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