I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another.
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Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.
One of the reasons that art is important to me is sometimes it actually feels more coherent than life. It orders the chaos.
The truth is that sometimes art may not exactly reflect one's personal politics, but the story, the drama, the thing you're trying to say, might want to go in a certain direction, and while it may seem like it has resonance with things that are happening topically, you kind of want the world you're creating to have its own internal logic.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.
I think art can reflect tragedy.
If you have something you do that's unique, you just end up in situations. Your art can take you to places without you working too hard to force something to happen.
Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other hand, because you're always creating and transforming, art always separates you - always.
Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
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