Whenever I'm writing, I'm looking at the history of words. Our instinct is to turn to poetry when we're looking to communicate a spirit that is larger than ourselves. It's no coincidence that at the base of the Statue of Liberty, there is a poem. On making sense of history in her poetry: "Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.I can't imagine anything more exciting than that." In all the forms of expression of human life, we're seeing that artistry be informed by the Black experience. We're seeing it in dance, we're seeing it in music. We're seeing it in fashion, we're seeing it in the visual arts. But then I also get to create art and participate in that historical record. What's been exciting for me is I get to absorb and to live in that creation I see from other African-American artists that I look up to. On the current renaissance in Black art: "We're living in an important moment in Black art because we're living in an important moment in Black life.
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