If Poem

Holding the thoughts and mixing the colors,

If you can paint and listen to music blasting

Blending into a sea of artistic wonders,

If you can make an outline without thinking

Drawing without pen on paper,

Or find a quiet corner where no one is sitting

You wield the power of the creator

If you can make an outline in a minute,

And utilize unity and variety,

If composition lures you within it

And inspiration flows freely,

If you can touch and feel the stoneware clays

Amorphous and soft, this I swear

Or roll out a canvas when the teacher says

Many will gravitate towards your flair

If you can be modest of your accomplishments

And still be competitive and ambitious,

If you can acknowledge the evident

And still be creative and capricious,

If you can sit inside Union Station

And ignore vicious comment and glare,

If you can peacefully draw the location

You will overcome all your fears,

If you will take all that you learn in Art

And apply those lessons to assist the poor,

If you will learn these lessons from your heart

I'm sure you will learn some more,

If you will do all of the above

Engaged in studying in visual art,

You will find that humanity is full of loveOf which you will take a part.