ART TO LIFE Lyrics

I love the active involvement of creating

I love the process

The many various processes

That one can go through

In making a piece of art

Any piece of art

I like the inner workings

Of what brings a piece of art to life

Be it music

Be it a poem

Be it a dance

A song

Whatever

I just love the process

You have to love the process

Because as an artist

As a creative person

You spend most of your time

In the process

Of the making of the thing

The thing is what people see at the end

The end point of where the artist

The creator

Abandons the piece of art

Because they say

The work is never done

The artist just abandons it basically

Or calls it an end

When they could actually go on

And sculpt the ear a little bit more

Shape the chest a little bit more

Or whatever it is they're making

Or add another brush stroke

Or a little bit darker here

Or raise the saturation there

In a film

Or you could go on forever

Playing

Fiddling

And tweaking a piece of art

Making it great

And as perfect as possible

But it's never really finished

The artist just decides

It's good enough