poem for the rose
Do not support the art of politicians or economists
Do not support power manias of any kind
Do not accept coercion
Do not wage intrigues, battles, manipulations or hidden manoeuvres
Do not keep up malcontents and destruction
Do not support of any fight of one artist against another artist
Do not destroy anonymous travelling artists
Do not praise any art which is not the result of artistic work
Do not share the view that one artist must eat more than another artist
Do not think that everything what you make is art
Do not say that you were born at the wrong time
Do not assume the existence of west-east or south-north animals
Do not accede to division of dogs into nations or states
Do not repeat: my home is my castle
Do not rejoice in people's downfall
Do not say that you have troubles of your own
Do not let anyone pat you on the back
Do not await dole or charity
Do not proceed after anything or anywhere at all costs
Do not allow a low level of consciousness
Do not use the word: provincial-modern, old-new, traditional-civilized
Do not bless artistic mafias, clans or syndicates
Do not support doctrines, leaders or commandants
Do not give up
R. Wasko, poem for the rose, 1981
