Art. It’s been there

Since the beginning of time.

Drawings on cave walls

Made of charcoal and clay

Paintings in chapels

Jubilant cherubs miles above

And your little brother or sister,

Coming home from kindergarten with paint on their fingers

And a happy, bright sun in the corner of every paper

And a collage on the fridge,

Help up by a sing magnet.

Technology. It’s been there

For scarcely a moment

Little screens blinking on,

Throwing white light into empty air

Keyboards, clicking away

Writing stories and love notes

And your phone that you slip in your pocket each morning,

Your friends and family and all the things you hold dear

A single tap away

From being with you.

Combine the two. They’ve been here

For my entire 15 years.

Technology and art

Have given me sanctuary

Like a chapel for a Christian

And connected me to everything I hold dear.

Combine the two.

Create art with a pen that draws on a little screen,

Throwing colorful light into empty air.

Drawing cherubs, jubilant and lively, 

Made that way by the strokes of your pen on a tablet.

Use technology to rival the works of Michelangelo and Picasso,

With the skill of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

Art and technology. Combine the two.