The Artist

Comedic Monologue originally from 20/20 Vision
Originally performed by Zeddy Chevron

Dramatic / Gender Open

The speaker reveals their fears about losing their ability to make art due to failing eyesight. 

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I make art. It’s what I do. I paint. I draw. I went to school for it. I do it every day. I was in
class, and I’d doodle in the margins when I was supposed to be taking notes. I know that
everyone does that — but for me, I couldn’t stop. I’d doodle on the desks if I could. My
hands would just flow with energy and the only way to stop that chaos in my brain would
be to get it out.

Pages on pages, canvas after canvas, I created. It’s what I did, and it’s what I do. It’s who
I am. I am a creative, who cannot control themselves. I must create.