"To be a successful artist you must be unrealistic and delusional."
- Contemporary writer and Art activist, Amie McNee, found here.
And that's just the beginning! :-)
In any case, artists - and this means you - if you or someone you know are suffering from fears of alienation, inadequacy or irrelevance, do yourself an immense favor and listen to the wise woman in the TED video above: The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire. She speaks for you. Her name is Amie McNee... (and her voluminous coat-of-many-colors is to die for)!
Artists at work
Today's hat-tip goes to the artists of Portland, Oregon, keeping the streets (and democracy) safe with insight, humor and music!
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'
"Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say."
Thank you, Portland, OR! (The artists in action.)
Note: My own, small, vaporous rant lies below the jump.
