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It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.
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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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As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.
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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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I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.
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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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When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.
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Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.
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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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When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.
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When I wouldn't leave home without my blue contacts or when I was bleaching my hair, I didn't have the language to articulate that I was trying to assimilate to whiteness. If anything, I was trying to look normal.
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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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Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my own worry that I have been invited to speak or collaborate solely because of my race, and not because of my abilities.
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Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.
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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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I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?
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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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Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early age.
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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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I am always hesitant to call myself an activist, mostly out of respect for the activists who are using their bodies and voices to protest or activists online who are constantly engaging and educating others.
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