<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft Word 97"> <TITLE>As I Go Along</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">As I Go Along</P> </B><P ALIGN="CENTER"> I make it up as I go along.<br> Perhaps not the best philosophy for life,<br> but when it comes to art and poetry,<br> the results can be surprising.<br> <br> Sometimes it produces nothing but crap,<br> but it can be revised and made better.<br> Sometimes words and lines spill out<br> in perfect formation,<br> and everything works out,<br> just the way it should.<br> <br> Whether drawing or writing,<br> I just take whatever is in my head<br> and put it on paper.<br> Sometimes nothing comes,<br> and the process can be agonizing<br> to come up with a decent idea.<br> <br> Maybe I should just not worry,<br> and pt down the first thing<br> that pops into my head.<br> Just make it up as I go along,<br> and maybe it will turn out all right.<br> <br> Some of the best works of art<br> and some of the best pieces of literature<br> were done by people<br> who just made it up as they went along.<br> <br> Life must be planned out,<br> but poetry and art need not.<br></P></FONT></BODY> </HTML>