A man sitting monkey-like on the rooftop of his brain is due the applause such feats earn him.

The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.

If I say your voice is an amber waterfall in which I yearn to burn each day, if you eat my mouth like a mystical rose with powers of healing and damnation, If I confess that your body is the only civilization I long to experience… would it mean that we are close to knowing something about love?

Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series

Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.

The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.

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