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I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.
Vivek Shraya
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In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of multiculturalism.
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As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically and emotionally challenging, there is ultimately something a bit comfortable about making art in the comfort of your own home.
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My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.
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When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.
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I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, misogyny, and biphobia.
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Of course, I can't separate my queerness from my brownness - if anything, my queerness amplifies my brownness, and vice versa - but I spent so much of my early twenties trying to erase my differences, often without awareness of what I was doing.
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Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.
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I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.
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If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.
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I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.
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I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.
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As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.
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Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my first albums.
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Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was this heartache that pushed me to explore other artistic avenues, like writing and filmmaking, and I ultimately feel most at home in a multidisciplinary environment.
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I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.
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My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.
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In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.
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As a brown artist, I have mixed feelings about my relationship to art and my responsibilities post-Trump.
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As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.
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I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.
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