DSM Speaks Audio Tour with Indigo Moore, Community Member

Run Time: 1.05 minutes

Recorded by Indigo Moore, CultureALL Community Ambassador /

The most beautiful things in life aren’t just things

They’re people in places

Its the whispering of wind in the trees

Its paint bleeding into a canvas, slow and uncontained

They’re moments in time

Like the way your grandmother says your name when you pick up the phone, “Hey baby”

The embrace of a hug when words feel too heavy

The most beautiful things don’t ask to be seen 

They arrive with the inhale and exhale of breath gone before you can name them

They’re the echo of two heartbeats in sync

They’re the paint strokes in a painting you can only see up close

They stare at you in the face just waiting for you to notice

These aren’t just things

They’re stretch marks in time

Moments poured gently like colors seeping down raw canvas

These aren’t things, they’re present moments 

So stay present

You might miss life’s hums between loud things 

 

DES MOINES SPEAKS

DSM Speaks are short audio reflections on artwork in our permanent collection, written and voiced by diverse members of our community. Contributors to this program were selected in partnership with CultureALL and the Des Moines Art Center. We hope by elevating these diverse ways of seeing we can encourage all visitors to connect more deeply and to see themselves and their identities within our walls.