Samora Pinderhughes

Again, those ways of operating are already there.

If we were to move towards that space, and I guess that is where the reset comes in, it certainly would be a profound revolutionary altering shift.

It wouldn't be a reforming process.

It would be a revolutionary process.

Yeah, I think whatever framework you can find to be as honest as possible, you should find it.

Ideally, you would be able to find ways to do that in, you know, individual, private, vulnerable environments.

context where you can feel safe to engage in the complexity of what it means to be alive.

And ideally, you can also find communal ways in which you can engage in that practice, because I also think that creative practices is really beautifully done in community.

And that's one context of the modern world where we have, you know, given over to this idea of a solitary genius or a performer on stage, you know,

Yeah, it limits the exchange, it limits the possibility, and it also already reframes the creative practice into an element that is already engaging with the ego, engaging with comparison, all these things when it really is supposed to be a really sacred communal practice.

And so I think if there are ways in which people have the opportunity to be a part of something like that, I think it is incredibly valuable.

I think also just anything that will allow you to be present inside of your emotional landscape.

I think that's really valuable for all of us and something that we all deserve to be able to do.

And I certainly agree with your point that it is incredibly important for young people in particular to have that.

opportunities and spaces where they can engage in those practices and that those spaces can be made available regardless of your class, regardless of whether you can pay for it or not.

We do certainly have a system right now where the ability of people to even engage in an artistic practice itself is priced out.

Yeah.

And that's something we really have to deal with.

But yeah, I would just say, like you said, it really can be a way of living.

You can find creativity inside of anything and everything you do.