Michelangelo's
David
Laijon
Liu 20190704
there's beauty in the bulky
rock
that's larger than life
an image of youth and divine
grows out of the marble block
hands of the maker, gently
chisel
smooth the rough edges and
corners
I've heard the music, have you?
Those songs that shepherd boy
sings
he's calling to be set free
calling to be brave, and to stand
out!
Note:
new insights on the David, as the sculptor sees the discarded block, as God sees his little shepherd boy David who his father and brothers have never noticed, both the Bible tale and Michelangelo's David share similarity. imagine, Mozart who had father not musician, or never listened to his son; or Beethoven's father never pushed him that hard; imagine, all of us, people who ordinary because we are raised in an ordinary society who only cut out to work for Corporal America at $7.95/hr on rotating shifts every two weeks? Imagine we never have had teachers who always always focus on discovery and development of pupils' talents? Imagine Michelangelo's nanny hubby were not a stone cutter.... could he be cut out for a sculptor? could he pick up what was an leftover by 2 great sculptors? and make that miracle erect till today, and that image projects in Western art consciousness? for David in the biblical time, Michelangelo, and that marble block, they are lucky. it's truly a miracle we keep telling the David Goliath story, a miracle to gawk at the statue, a miracle to be immersed into all those immense music anytime we want to. and also feel sorry we don't know how many great kids never been discovered and developed, screwed by our market driven society with the great help of politicians. and we've never seriously asked ourselves why? right now, we only have great billionaires who make majority of their employees zombies and walking dead, majority people with all kinds of unique talents are struggling too hard that they have no time and energy to hone their skill and to study and to create! this society never produces great poets, artists, writers, dramatists, musicians... we only see those stupid idiots flashing their gadget trash that they steal some nobody's ideas standing on the spotlight stage like they are gods, they have made something. or chiseling the system and low-wage workers nationwide in chain-corporal size as their brag. the talents either have to give up or struggle hard, live on the verge of suicide life to somehow create something.
