"The Boss" takes the stage. Mid-performance a photographer captures Springsteen shouting passion. In Madrid, a museum visitor views "Guernica," Pablo Picasso's giant painting that screams war's agony. Read "I sing the body electric" & experience Walt Whitman's wild & focused passion.

   Passion takes the stage whenever Minton Sparks (pictured) performs. That is why she has been called the greatest spoken word artist since Mark Twain. Except Sparks' sings & dances in addition to speaking her creations. "I live into the story," she says.  As she laughs, cries & voices her characters we can see her offering every gift of her body & spirit. Former Bob Dylan musician, John Jackson, adds his colors. Together, they awaken the hearts of those who appreciate brilliance. 

   When genius appears in any form Passion's face is sure to shine. Beneath the spirit's crust Passion's fire fuels grimace & shout. But, nearby, Serenity's underground stream whispers.

   T.S. Eliot wrote that art is always "one person talking to another." The same conversation occurs whenever a patient & caregiver share Love's communion chalice. 
 

   Anyone can fake passion. Genuine artists & healers (same thing) engage long periods of silence to sew Truth's clothes. With quiet courage they work & wait, listening for Love's voice so they can marry it to their own. 

-Erie Chapman

Springsteen image, stock photo

Photographs of Sparks by Erie