The microphone

As an artist seeking connection and collaboration, there are uncountable conversations, connections and opportunities I miss out on each day. There's only so much time I have.

In all this chasing around, I forget that my art can be a microphone. What I write, what I make, can be a microphone to reach the people at the back of the room. To make connections I don't even know are happening.

That only happens if I put the art where it belongs. First and foremost.

Putting yourself first is, believe it or not, a generous act. Because you can't be everywhere. You can't have every conversation. You miss all opportunities and miss none of them.

Sometimes, you just have to be in one place: right here, where it matters.

Take your space.