“We are constantly looking for a reason not to do our art, not to put ourselves on the line. We are OK with something going wrong if it’s someone elses’s fault. But we never want it to be our fault. We are not willing to take the responsibility.”
It’s so easy to look around you and come up with every reason it’s broken. Or you can do something about it.
“Go, make it happen” Make art, give gifts, do work that matters, make a difference.”
“If it’s worth doing, then what exactly are you waiting for?”
“There’s a box. Inside the box, it’s too dark to get anything done. On the outside, there is nothing to lean on. But on the edges is where you can make things happen.”
“If at the end of the day someone says ‘How was your day,” and you say ‘fine,’ you are not leading.”
“What the world is demanding is for you to lead them. I know you’ll do that.”