Do they?

Do Broken Crayons still draw?

Do Broken Crayons still provide Color?

Do Broken Crayons still contain Art?

You might or might not pass

“T h e    T e s t”

I have handed out crayons to kids and sometimes adults.     .     .correction,

I’ve let them choose crayons from a basket;

Some are gnarled and dull.     .     .

Some are unashamedly bare,

they’ve lost their little colored coats

or some wisps of that color clamor to stay attached.     .     .

Some of THOSE crayons have long been worn down

though they somehow remain intact.      .      .

Some of those crayons are perfectly,

never yet been used

or met their first match with with paper.      .      .

Some have long lost their top or bottom parts

and barely can still be aptly named:

“C R A Y O N S.”

Any idea what the Consensus chooses.       .       .       ?

H     I     N     T :

It’s usually

E       V       E       R       Y       T       H       I       N       G

but the seemingly useless nubs of color.     .     .

Just because

it’s been a long time since we’ve played/drawn

with a brand new box of Crayons

doesn’t mean that we still don’t wish—yearn,

W  A  N  T      that      N  E  W  N  E  S  S,

is   it?

Sadly,  sometimes,

T  H  A  T     newness keeps us from drawing,

from creating,

from using our colors at all.       .       .

Sadly.       .       .

stupid,  huh?

We can still color the Color

We can sharpen dull edges

We can create

.          .          .make white paper explode into something that’s guided by our hands;

There’s   still   Art   in   Broken   Crayons

Our Broken hearts still beat

and at times when they don’t always

boldly follow their deepest,

most passionate desire

because they are smashed,

and dulled and literally,

half of what they use to be,

then we have the awesome,

humbled opportunity to gently lead them to a new,

more   Colorful   place.

Mr. Picasso once said,

“When I don’t have Red, I use Blue!”

What about you?

 The Crayons NOT in the box are of no use to you.        .        .

the ones that are,

all or any part of them,

still have Art,

Color,

U   S   E!

A Caring Catalyst comes in all Colors.          .          .

P   R   O   V   E         I   T  !

You   are   the   only   Masterpiece   continually   created   and   better   still,

RE-created   every   day

Why are you holding out to

JUST   be a   RED   apple.

Why not a  Yellow  one?

A  Green  one?

Or  Blue?

W   H   Y        N   O   T  ?

YOU.       .       .

YOU   ARE   THE   MASTERPIECE!

Now get to it.     .     .

Get to  DRAWING  people  CLOSER  together.

Psssssst……..

That’s Art,

Pure Genius.       .       .

no matter what the Color,

In   or   Out   of   the   Box.           .           .