André Duqum

that expresses itself in different ways creatively, like through our, whatever we're naturally drawn to.

And I'm curious, like your thoughts on how we can pay attention and continue to cultivate that in our own individual ways, because I love this quote from Tony K. Bambara.

I think the, it's the artist's responsibility to make the revolution irresistible.

I like that.

That's very cool.

I agree with that a hundred percent.

So I'm curious, like as we're waking up to our own artistry and we're waking up to our own, the responsibility we have to be able to shape culture, to be able to impact our communities and to awaken to those realizations on an individual level.

Yeah, what thoughts do you have to support people discovering their unique expression creatively?

Yeah.

What do you think for those that are like the starving artist archetype where like they want to follow the fun, they have a passion, they want to pursue and get better at.

And it's tough to be able to like sustain themselves financially living off of that.

You've been doing this for a while.

I'm curious what your thoughts are as I'm sure you've had a lot of people ask you about this.

I love that.

It's so important.

I feel like to surround yourself in the environments with people that are in the direction you want to move, you know, and be able to like have that level of,

indignation or conviction for, for what you want.

Totally.

Yeah.

Those little like affirmations along the journey.