Defending mediocrity is exhausting.

In contemporary art or movies, it makes perfect sense to be focused on the bleeding edge, on the new idea that's never been previously contemplated. But when we're discussing our goals, our passion and the way we interact with the culture, it seems to me that what works is significantly more important than what's new.

Action or inaction are both forms of leadership and standard setting.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

That the horrible Zika virus or HIV, we can look at what it means to be patient zero, what it means to need not much contact to spread, and all of those things follow into the way ideas spread.

Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

Competent people are the most resistant to change