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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 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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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 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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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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My intention was never to write a trans novel - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.
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I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.
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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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I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from the radio or library cassettes, and then accidentally sing or hum these songs in class. This would impress the girls, who would then defend me from the boys.
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When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.
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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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Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.
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I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.
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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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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 always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.
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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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I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.
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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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