Creativity Cafe Was Born After Reading The:

ARTISTS PLIGHT

		
THERE ARE NONE MORE ALONE OR LONELY
THEN THOSE WHO STRIKE OUT TO BE DIFFERENT.
THOSE WANDERING SOULS OBSESSED

WITH CHASING RAINBOWS AND DREAMING DREAMS
GOING AGAINST THE ODDS 
BECAUSE OF FAITH AND BELIEF,

FAITH IN THEIR TALENT
BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER.
ACCEPTING CRITICISM, RIDICULE AND OFTEN LAUGHTER ONLY TO 
CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE ONE OF THE FEW WHO SUCCEED.

THEY ARE FOREVER TOLD TO "GIVE UP","GROW UP"
AS THEY WAIT FOR EVEN ONE
TO GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING 
SOMEONE TO HOLLER "STICK WITH IT!

THEY LONG FOR A REASON THAT THEY HAVE EXISTED
PROOF THAT THEY HAVE LEFT A MARK
NO MATTER HOW SMALL
OR EVEN A FEW LIVES THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE TOUCHED.

THEY ARE TRULY A DIFFERENT BREED TO SOCIETY...
DURING THEIR STRUGGLE, THEY ARE "FOOLS"
ONCE SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE "PRAISED" AND "ACCEPTED"

NEVER WILL THERE BE A GREATER FRUSTRATION
NOR A STRONGER NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED...

THAN THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST.



annon, 
found on the door of the 
Garden Theater Festival Office, 
Los Angeles 1975