The role of a firefighter is clear, they put out fires. A doctor heals, a pilot flies us safely home. But the role of the artist, for lack of a better term, is harder to define. My best guess is that it involves pointing people to see past their immediate environment, past their certitudes, past their biases; and then finally, leading them towards novel…
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