Barbara Snapp has been painting and writing poetry for 15 years. 

   Painting with Poetry demonstrates how these two processes interact to inspire creativity.

   Artist Receptions
   Friday, May 10:    5:00 to 7:00 pm 

   Friday, June 14:    5:00 to 7:00 pm

   Painting with Poetry will be on display from May 6 through June 28.

Creativity

Creativity is a dance,  a conversation

between the unheard, the uncrafted, the unseen

and the maker – the creator –

the manifester of the unmanifested.

The larger significance comes

when the second or third or tenth or one-millionth

person enters into the narrative

giving a new voice to

the now-heard, now-crafted, now-seen.

Creation is all-consuming, demanding full attention

permitting no intruders, no distractions

reveling in immersion in the present,

in the future, in the past – timeless.

Creativity is a tension between fulfillment and desire

never satisfied and always almost-there

pulling life-energy into concrete form

pouring feeling into painting and poetry –

hoping for a listener to complete the conversation.