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-If a Tree Falls-
If a tree falls in the forest,
But no one is around to hear it,
Does it make it sound?
If a man paints a picture,
But no one is around to see it,
Can it still be profound?
What if that man paints a picture,
Writes a poem,
Or sings a song,
When there are many people around;
But none of them notice.
Or none of them care.
Or none of them like it.
If a tree falls in the forest,
But no one wants to hear it,
Does it make a sound?
Or does it fall forgotten amongst the other trees?
Art is not words, or paint, or melody.
Art is the feelings conveyed by these means,
Art without voice is nothing.
The dreamer that has not shared his dream has added nothing to the world.
But art without ears or eyes to fall upon is less,
For the storyteller with a tale, but no audience, leaves many more stories untold.
If a tree falls in the forest,
And no one is around to hear it,
It makes no sound;
But it leaves behind an echo of what could have been
Reverberating amongst the other trees
To travel farther than before
Before fading to silence.
But if a tree falls in a forest,
And those around it pay no mind,
Even the echo is lost;
And all the beauty that the tree once was and could have been,
Is lost with it.
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"A ouija board just works better if you've made it yourself. It's sortof like how 'Clue' is more interesting when one of you has actually killed someone."
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