Making your art political: What scares you more?
2016 January 21
Yes, there is a danger to making your art political, a danger to being bold, a danger to sharing your viewpoint through your craft; because you might be criticized; you might lose potential fans; you might offend others.
However, there is a opportunity to making bold art. By being courageous, you might say something that needs to be said in a way that only art can; you might help be a part of an important moment; you might help shed light on the voices that are ignored.
Plus, the action of creating art is already a political moment, one that demonstrates your freedom of speech, freedom to participate, freedom to create.
What scares you the more: Making bland art that is forgettable, or making powerful art that makes other reflect on today?
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