I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people.

Often culture gets stuck in static, traditional narratives. Contemporary ideas give culture elasticity, flexibility, which is always a breath of fresh air. But these ideas shouldn't only be for people who can afford to go to a museum or a symposium in the "better part of town."

If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I want to sit at the table.

Tobacco and religious organisations.

I never have a problem with being black. I have a problem with the easy association of what that means to some people.

I remind myself that we need to continue to do the things we believe in and be even more vocal about asking people to do more. This might be my Scorpio talking, but everything feels more intense than before. I'll probably keep doing what I'm doing and shift gears if something comes along. I'm pretty fluid.

The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.