I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?
Vivek ShrayaChildren's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.
Vivek ShrayaI feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.
Vivek ShrayaI tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate genre.
Vivek ShrayaIt's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.
Vivek ShrayaGenerally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in my own life experiences. As someone who is "newly" trans, I am constantly thinking about what the dominant narratives are around transness, how my work can push against these narratives, and how it already falls into these traps.
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