"Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar."
-- Wallace Stevens
The poem, published in 1937, explores the transformative power of art and imagination, using the blue guitar as a metaphor for artistic interpretation. It was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s 1903 painting The Old Guitarist. It's an appropriate image for National Guitar Day, because it expresses how I feel about my guitars...well, just about any guitar.
Pity this is also National Shut-in Visitation Day. Even a blue guitar can't make that cheery.
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