If you're creating something that has some sort of cultural currency - if the idea is getting out there - then that will probably yield money in some form, whether it's through selling art or selling books or being asked to give a lecture.

Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?

If being original means having to throw paint in front of a jet turbine to hit a canvas 50 ft away then lets not be original.

Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.

I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me.

I might be botching this quote but I agree with the idea that a measure of society is not how it treats its most powerful but how it treats its most vulnerable, including the poor and incarcerated and - I would add to that - the people whose ideas are not currently in favor.

The social and political issues the world faces are bigger than a few leaders. I made a lot of work about corporate influence in government, which is a problem in both parties and under any president.