It is 12 hours on the ground.
THEN...
Getting up the next day
& doing it again...
It's endurance,
It's 2 friends showing up
To help me,
& someone else driving...
It's friend showing up
With water,
Smoothies,
& gloves.
It's helping other
Chalk artists beside me,
It's complimenting
The good works of others...
And encouraging artists
Who are struggling
With the daunting
First time.
It's seeing a little
3 year old boy
& helping him
Chalk art for the first
Time on your
Own piece
& not being
Afraid he might
Mess it up
Because you
Know it's a
Future
Precious memory.
It's seeing a
Young teenage girl
Light up like
The 4th of July
Because you asked
Her if she'd like to
Give it a shot
Because she
Doesn't believe
In herself
Quiet yet.
But besides all that
It's marking
8x8 and 6x6 squares
By doing 240 squats
To mark the corners
With tape the day before,
So that you start sore...
It's going to
The airport
To Chalk for a day.
It's planning
In advance
And having to
Change to adapt
At the last minute.
It's the fact
That when it was
My first time
People were kind
And encouraging
To me.
It's SO much more
Than talent.
It's a world full of
Colorful people
As bright as any
Stick of chalk
Who LOVE
What they do
Because it is
So temporary
So beautiful
And connects
The world
To itself.
Chalk art
My chalk art
Is not just talent
It's a village
That lives for
2 days a year…
