Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.

We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.

President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader.

The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured.

An author accepting language's invitation to dance steps onto the floor of his her sensibility-charged consciousness and begins to move instinctively--even if with much dread--in ways that synchronize images, ideas, emotions, sounds, smells, ignorance, and knowledge.