Back in the spring of 2012, Jasper asked you to write your own six word art essays. We gave you little prompting – just paper and pen. Here we present the best of the hundreds of entries we received.
Can you find your entry below? Congratulations! You’ve been published in Jasper Magazine!
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No sir, I don’t like it! * Isla, she wolf of the 55. * Be good and you be lonesome. * Joyful art saves people, even Republicans. * Art is what you make it. * A feathered wing gave me flight. * A poem can hold the world. * Melodies in brain, blood, in veins. * Awesome you are, sayeth Master Yoda. * Where are Mona Lisa’s eye brows? * There is not a way out. * One day, this will be real. * I photographed your poem without permission. * It is only sly little worlds. * We are a work of art. * Brevity is the soul of art. * Music brought me my true love. * My art is my source code. * Life’s a mistake only art corrects. * Peace, love, happiness, joy, passion, gratitude. * Mentes abieratas llevan a puerta abieratas. * Educate, motivate, but above all create. * Always open to interpretation, never pretentious. * When in doubt, believe the best. * Art is cupcakes for dinner, yo. * Art was how we were born. * Nirvana and shadow cross the threshold. * Replete with honesty, art’s inner desires. * I lost my mind last time. * Dance like no one is watching. * Arthur, Guinevere, and Merlin in Camelot. * Dark night deep ditch cold dirt. * If I couldn’t paint, I’d faint. * Almost ready to create my art. * Art: the combustion of pain, joy. * Creative images transmitted into unimaginable beauty. * Art is an expression of us. * With the ocean, I see art. * S’Just a matter of doing it. * My eyes feast on lush imagery. * 753273. 6253.87.9687.6463.7666. * To, fro. To, fro. Go! Go! * Poetry: the sweat of the soul. * Break out in song with poetry. * Dot-dash-dot-dash-dot-dash. * Eth drow, no aibmuloc, stra, repast * Yes, breathe, yes, learn, yes, open. * Magic images crowd my unrelenting mind. * Learn left build beautiful, arresting, art. * What has been will never escape. * Syllables sashay dance leap, peel, away. * Renew, rejuvenate, resurrect our weary minds. * Make art you want to make. * I make my art to discover. * 16 78 33.5 45 Digital FREE. * Love life. Trust God. Work hard. *Art and fashion rule my life. * The sweet creamy center of Columbia. * Politics are personal. Art is politics. * Learning, socializing, networking, freedom, exploring love. * Make art you want to make. * I make my art to discover. * Live in your world make art. * Art is worth every dime—spend! * Art is the best medicine, yes. * A pleasing cocoon of sound, color. * God’s refrigerator’s adorned with children’s art. * A president finally acknowledged my existence. * I write rather than sing badly. * Art can heal a broken heart. * Press play when your soul calls. * As long as it is meaningful. * Communication through someone else’s view point. * Rustling leaves, voices, floating across kaleidoscopes. * Art is good for your heart! * I am the Lord of Winterfell. * Born to boogie; boogie is art. * Clemson sucks like old, dead ducks. * My Garden of Eden is Art. *Art is all over my insides * Better on vinyl forts and music. *Orange, red, pink, teal, green, red. * Art love is not in vain. * Daisies blooming in the drizzling rain. * If I offend, it’s still beautiful. *My garden is my art project. * Wake up, look out, look in.* Art on my wall is good. * If I could I certainly would. * Create the culture you want, Columbia! * I love art, it loves me. * Jasper kicks ass for the arts! * Six words are not even enough. * Less is more, more or less. * At is good. Posers are bad. * Release day rain muses gather pearl. *There is no heart without art. * If music died, so would I. *If you’re living correctly, it’s everything. * Life distilled, enhanced, transformed, some bullshit. * It helps me breathe and live. * How I stitch my life together. * Music brings us all together. Sing! * You are what you art. Yep. * Soul, support, freedom opportunity, intelligence, sexy. * Columbia is the best city ever! * Without arts, our hearts are farts. * Words without words, but maybe some. * Musical notes floating like bright stars. * In creating, you become more alive. * Paint what you love, feel, know. * Art was art will art is. * Abandon all hope, ye who enters. * * I can’t. I have rehearsal. Damn! * See your folly! Go, go Godzilla! * Art is God’s gift to us! * Blank inspiration interface perfectly clear reflection. * Still life with shits and giggles. * Y’all don’t know me like that. * Dance now while you can today. * Painting color movement, love, music, fun! * Art inspires me to be myself. * Build it, break it, refactor it! * I can’t work without it. * Stay cool and smoke weed everyday. * Glad to be here! Woot Woot! * Artsy, artsy, artsy, art, art, art. * Choose to make it way better. * Poop can be art too, dude. * Making awesome shit all the time. * Fuck yes! This is really cool. * I hope my images outlive me. * I will never be the same. * Why you do it is why. * B-b-b-burn it down! * I believe in you, Robert Pearle. * Born. Lived South. Lived Well. Died. * Intro theory data, methods, analysis, conclusion. * The art of seduction? Yes, please! * Learning the rules to BREAK them! * Art, art, art, art, art, art. * Don’t explain your art to me. * See scene 24. FPS. Observe. Live. * Five, four, three, two, one, blastoff! * Pfft. My kid could draw that. * To COE or not to COE. * Expressions allow me to be free. * Rain, drip, drop, puddle, flow flood. * What can I say here but…. * Brewing is art. Art is beer. * A desperate soul imagines much chaos. * Art, art, good for your heart! * Is that art? Oh. Fuck me! * On angels’ wings lifting my soul! * Rain dampens spirit, then feeds life. * Two artists both alike in dignity… * Pictures and people who make them. * Imagination/ Unreality rendered/ Alive and gritty. * My soul mate—7, 3, 1! * Pouring emotions my soul is exposed. * Not Pete’s, but 4 art’s sake! Dreams that arrive keeping us awake. * I am the art, you see! *Art, schmart, heart, hurt, flirt words. * I came. I saw. I composed. * What’s life without art inside me. * Artists: Yell for art they nurture. * Life becomes nothing when art dies. * Moe! Larry! The cheese! Nyuk, Nyuk! * Lather, rinse, repeat; Lather, rinse, repeat! Question, my love is your answer. * I do what I want whenever. * Max, Shannon, Sara, Leslie, Phil, Shige! * Dream your dreams, wish your wishes * This is when we dance, yo! * I like other’s art; mine sucks. * Just art. Star, place either run. * Affirmation beauty hope fleeting stillness pain. * Happy, sad, good, bad, and fabulous. * To thine own art be true! * Fancy pants prance dance underpants glance. * Six word art essay, Jasper Magazine. * Tune out, turn off, jump in. * Push and pull tug of war. * Don’t text and drive, you dick! * GCSPS. Laying down the beats, daily. * Art is sometimes bad, it’s okay. * Art is the food of life. * I think, “I could’ve done that.” * Without art, my life would suck! * Breathe in the sound of creation. * A line becomes water becomes word. * Words are only observing the answer. * Yes! Marlon Brandon gave good face! * Hidden behind the veil no longer. * Colors, expression, people, place, things, sex. * This shit is just getting started. * Join art supporters, present energy Rovefied. * I’m glad y’all can do THIS. * Up, up, down, down, left, right. * A soul, a body, a mind. * Seeing “yes” in the word “no.” *
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