Hattie Johnson

Oh, yeah.

Oh, absolutely.

So you have been a member for three years.

And I don't want to put you on the spot, but well, what has kept you?

What has kept you here this whole time?

Yeah.

All of the things that you're saying, they're all of the goals that I had for the, I think for the network community.

And one of the reasons, like I said, that I wanted to have you on was just that I feel like you put so much into your practice.

And so it's really fulfilling to have you as a member because you can see the growth and you can see good things coming out of the rigor.

that you put into the practice.

And I just think that that's also a model to live by.

If you put the effort into it, then things will come out of it.

I do have one last question for you.

Do you recommend network to other artists?

Yeah.

I especially like the, how you've sort of contextualized what's happening in the Bay area.

And I think large, you know, nationally as well, there's just a, there is a lot of uncertainty to me anyway.

It feels nice to be in a group where you,

It feels like the work for me anyway, the work that we're all doing feels meaningful and feels like it's part of building something that's significant.

And that does stand in contrast to a lot of what we're seeing elsewhere.