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I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.
Vivek Shraya
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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 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 would love to see more dialogue around the responsibilities of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?
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I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.
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Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.
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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 worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.
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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 recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a girl. I said yes. Another child commented that I had a deep voice. I responded: Can girls have deep voices? There was a pause and then the group responded, Yes!
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I continue to explore poetry.
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As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.
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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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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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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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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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It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.
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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 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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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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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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