by McKenzie Janisz
they’ll love all of your imperfections and won’t worry about blurring the flaws, because all your rhyme had a reason, all your action had a cause they’ll detail the scars you left, to find beauty in the pain, trail their body with lush petals and let the light wash it away they’ll outline your delicate figure and paint you with gentle hands. they’ve devised the color palette that makes up you, and they bring you to new lands they’ll make you something more than you could ever be, they saw potential in your heart and still they chose to leave to fall in love with an artist is to be bound by memory— to live in the rose colored lens, the beauty you did not see and when you lose that love, they’ll immortalize you in the stars, so no matter where you stray, the artist’s vision is never far.
About the Contributor & Piece
McKenzie Janisz (she/her) is a graduating senior at Ramapo studying Music Industry with a minor in Philosophy. She began writing poetry and music in elementary school, forming countless “bands” on the playground at recess. In everything McKenzie does, she strives for authenticity, framing her experience genuinely with every shot and every word.
Don’t Fall in Love With an Artist describes the immortalization of personal experiences, and, naturally, romantic partners and relationships, in art. The artist exaggerates and transforms every detail into something larger-than-life, conveying their raw emotions, but also creating an image that can never be shaken off. When you inspire art, your circumstances graduate beyond you, imprinted in the world forever.