In the first section of her upcoming book On Freedom, Maggie Nelson writes of creating art, “Even when one assumes a posture of not caring (about audience, money, the future, decorum, proficiency, or reception), the work itself typically requires tremendous care, which is why art is no place to take cover.” (1) The piece (“Art Song”) is, in essence, an undogmatic look at the blurry line between artistic freedom and harm, censorship and care, but I relentlessly tied passages back to myself, not as an audience or even an artist, but as a person. The work of being the person I want to send out into the world - or more importantly, the person that I want received by the world - is one that requires my tremendous care, one that I have always seen as doing for others as much as for myself. This has not necessarily served me well, or best, and I’ve been increasingly collapsing into the vacuum of what my “self” can be without outside parameters or validation.
On becoming a singer
On becoming a singer
On becoming a singer
In the first section of her upcoming book On Freedom, Maggie Nelson writes of creating art, “Even when one assumes a posture of not caring (about audience, money, the future, decorum, proficiency, or reception), the work itself typically requires tremendous care, which is why art is no place to take cover.” (1) The piece (“Art Song”) is, in essence, an undogmatic look at the blurry line between artistic freedom and harm, censorship and care, but I relentlessly tied passages back to myself, not as an audience or even an artist, but as a person. The work of being the person I want to send out into the world - or more importantly, the person that I want received by the world - is one that requires my tremendous care, one that I have always seen as doing for others as much as for myself. This has not necessarily served me well, or best, and I’ve been increasingly collapsing into the vacuum of what my “self” can be without outside parameters or validation.