“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
- from On the Road by Jack Keroac
Now, On the Road is not everyone’s favorite. I think that after a while, the book seems to drag on. But Keroac new how to create beautiful imagery every once in the a while, the above being the perfect example.
And the while the passage is beautiful and well crafted, it speaks to us, at least the idea it purports. It speaks of a community of artists who never settle, who never slow down– who are always creating, always doing. As writers, actors, artists, film makers and more– that the community we want to be a part of.
I have my eye on the how the community of artists works and how art effects people.
