We Have a Responsibility
30th June 2016 | for Creatives | magic/mystery of creating/art, artist integrity, writing, poetry, storytelling, artist's message, value the art, Barry Lopez |
"We know in our deep and private places that we have a responsibility to take on things that draw our attention and to turn them into these mysterious objects—poems and stories—that illuminate, that offer an objection to the status quo, that warn and empower."
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