Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy.

Do the emotional labor of working on things that others fear.

Art is the work of a human, an individual seeking to make a statement, to cause a reaction, to connect. Art is something new, every time, and art might not work, precisely because it's new, because it's human and because it seeks to connect.

We notice what we choose to notice.

Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.

We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo.

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.