Masterworks Series: La Danseuse Au Bouquet

Distractions

“Lady would you kindly remove your hat?”

Was a line

From comedy routines

And the admonition of slides in movie theaters

Back in the early days of motion pictures.

“We all paid our money, we came to see the show.”

But then there are those
Who came to be see 
And be seen.
As I sit in the audience,

The lady’s fan

And dangling earring

Distract my eye from the beauty and grace

Of the dancer on stage.

We all bring our own diversions

To the stage of life,

Creating a visual collage

And a cacophonous din,

Distracting us from the main event.

Consequently, 
Life

Is only partially seen

In quiet moments

And in those rare times

When seeing beyond the distractions

We catch a glimpse

      of the grace, 
             form,

                    and movement

                            of the dance.

And the dance is a wondrous thing

Even if seen only fleetingly.

Our essence,
And our true connection, is found

In that series of rare moments

When we can look past the commotion
To the center.

Those are the luminous times

When distractions fade briefly from sight

To reveal the dance

Of the universe.

                                                 ~ CK

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Image: The Ballet (Danseuse au Bouquet) at the Rhode Island School of Design
Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Medium:Pastel and gouache over monotype on paper
Date: 1878



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