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The Painting

April 7, 2013
By Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski


It’s a long time coming when it passes by,
And always makes me smile.
These colors talk, and a story unfolds,
And is told after a while.

Some say it doesn’t mean much, but to me
It’s speaks beyond its canvas.
I like the way it’s mysterious and flawed,
So undeniably careless.

It doesn’t take much to build a whole world
Out of these two hands.
And no, it doesn’t take very long for me
To get lost in strange lands.



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on May. 1 2013 at 4:48 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski

Yepp ^-^ good guess....XD

on May. 1 2013 at 1:05 pm
Helena_Noel BRONZE, Burnt Hills, New York
1 article 0 photos 629 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.” -Edgar Guest

LOL, NO! My dear, nothing so horrible as that! There are differnt email settings, i dont know about the other ones, but I get emails from TI at 9 in the morning and 6 in the evening, with info on the status of my stuff, the new articles of the people I susbscribe to, as well as TWO OR THREE of the things the post fourm-wise, not ALL, that would be overwhelming indeed. I would pity whoever subscribed to me. But it was overwhelming having every morning and nightly TI email chock full of random names.... Im going to guess, from what I saw, your real first name is Callie?

on May. 1 2013 at 5:11 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

Hahhaa same here jade....Though I managed to keep quiet about it... I figured it was a result of boredom so I didn't say anything....It's not THAT annoying though ..... But funny everytime. :P

on Apr. 30 2013 at 6:59 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski

wait........ohmygosh, does it email you whenever i reply to a post? cuz i post a LOT........please tell me you don't get thousands of emails a day saying i replied to some random person........PLEASE

on Apr. 30 2013 at 6:52 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski

i typed a reply but it had the word as.shole in it and didn't send :P. Anywho, a lot of them were in response to some random *as.shole* named Hitler (for example, A.Jew, just to pi.ss him off) but then yeah, the rest were a result of boredom and unwholesome thoughts.......i am sorry to have caused you annoyance, I DIDN'T KONW :(

on Apr. 30 2013 at 6:36 pm
Helena_Noel BRONZE, Burnt Hills, New York
1 article 0 photos 629 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.” -Edgar Guest

Well.... for like the first seven or eight mornings it gave me a chance to laugh my butt off. You ARE pretty funny! But yes, deeply annoying, now. And disturbing, as you began to run out of wholesome names. But dont you worry, i am a hunoroous person, I had a phase where I kept randomly changing my name when I had no one to talk to. I hope no one had subscribed to my posts back then! I dont want them to see the weird things I typed!

on Apr. 30 2013 at 5:59 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski

OMG that's hilarious. and .........wow, i'm sorry ^-^ i guess i'll stop, lol. Thanks for letting me know. That must get annoying...................*ashamed*

on Apr. 30 2013 at 5:26 pm
Helena_Noel BRONZE, Burnt Hills, New York
1 article 0 photos 629 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way: The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear, fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear.” -Edgar Guest

Very good, very good..... ya know, im fond of your works, your pretty good. I actually subscribe to your work because I like to check it out now and again..... did you know that, in addition to when a post goes up on TI, it ALSO lets me know when you cnange your name or profile....? Every. Single. Time. Please stop giving yourself weird names.... or at least not six or seven in one day....

Mckay ELITE said...
on Apr. 26 2013 at 5:44 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

Jade, you just left me breathless with one. Paintings can have that effect on anyone. This poem just gives me peace and happiness too. Love it!

on Apr. 22 2013 at 2:51 pm
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn’t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out
The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay
If love produced a blossom/I’d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I’d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven
And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

wowie! Breath-taking last two lines...And I see the artist is shining through here....I feel the same way about art...Good one Jade!

on Apr. 21 2013 at 10:09 pm
Gwen_Elizabeth BRONZE, Fishers, Indiana
2 articles 24 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
-Dr. Seuss

love it! also really digging  the rhyme scheme! good work! :)

on Apr. 21 2013 at 3:48 pm
TevyRae PLATINUM, Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
24 articles 7 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Here is a small fact: You are going to die." ~The Book Thief
"You have no stupidity inside of your adorable little self." ~Mikey Pasterik

i love this!! sometimes, when looking at a painting, i honestly feel almost exactly the way you described in this poem. awesome job. 5STARS!