When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.
Interpretation
In chaotic times, artists have a crucial role in providing clarity and perspective through their work.
This quote by Joni Mitchell emphasizes the importance of artists during difficult and confusing times. When society faces turmoil and a lack of leadership, it is the responsibility of artists to convey truth and bring awareness through their creativity, making a significant impact on the world around them.
In practice
This quote can be used during an art exhibition opening to highlight the importance of artistic expression in tumultuous times.
There's a man who's been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner And he treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water weeds While she was busy being free
Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is an old crop rotation trick.
This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.
You wake up one day and suddenly realize that your youth is behind you, even though you're still young at heart.
I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.
What I do is unusual: chordal movements that have never been used before, changing keys and modalities mid-song.
My eyes make pictures when they are shut.
Photographier: c'est mettre sur la meme ligne de mire la tete, l'oeil et le coeur.
If I create with my heart almost all my intentions remain. If it is with the head - almost nothing. An artist must not fear to be himself, to express only himself. If he is absolutely and entirely sincere, what he says and does will be acceptable to others.
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.
It is important that we have the inner richness to be able to look up at the stars or the moon and compose a poem once in a while. When we open wide our minds and fix our gaze on the universe, we fix our gaze on our own life.
I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
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