Art
Molly’s Swing by
Quent Cordair
Awaiting the
unveiling
vulnerable art out of the gallery and
safely into storage.
through broken hearts; through
despair. And now, it’s my turn.
As the rebuilding continues, too
slowly, I glance occasionally to the
sculptures still in the room here with
me, the uninjured ones. Even as seen
through their plastic veilings, I draw
strength, motivation and resolve
from them. They fuel me and inspire
me in a way that nothing else can.
These trying weeks have helped me
comprehend, more deeply than ever,
why art is so important to so many,
why so much assistance would come
flooding in to help rebuild it. Our
artists work so hard to create the
most meaningful, uplifting and
inspiring artworks they can. Many
times over the years, I’ve listened to
clients’ stories of how pieces they
own have helped pull them through
life’s difficulties, spiritual, emotional
and material; through illnesses and
deaths of loved ones; through lost
jobs; through disappointments;
At this moment, I need art more than
ever. These objects of beauty and
contemplation give me so much,
providing the immediate experience
of the joyful and inspirational,
the romantic and beautiful, the
purposeful and peaceful, the happy
and serene. Paintings and sculpture
reflect and encapsulate all that we
worked so hard to build, all that had
existed before the quake. Today,
they remind me anew, providing the
vision of that stylized, beautiful,
meaningful world, which through
hard work and perseverance, we
will rebuild once more.
This is what art is for, to help fuel,
to show and remind us of what is
important, what is worth pursuing,
worth aiming for, worth waiting for,
worth building towards again. Art
provides that invaluable, distilled
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Imagination by
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experience of what is lovely and good;
of what is important, in and of itself,
for its own sake; of what, when broken,
is worth rebuilding; of what, when lost,
is worth seeking, finding, re-creating.
With art’s help, we are rebuilding—
for the sake of the art, in the image
of the art. These things around me,
I love dearly. I will make a place for
them again, a place to breathe. There
will be a second coming, a rebirth,
a new unveiling. I will make it so.
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