Fear

Fear is the greatest enemy of the artist and the arts. Therefore it is of great concern to me that I develop ways to work that eliminates fear, condemnation and discrimination of creativity amongst artists and our audience. The artist constantly faces insecurity and a critical audience. This goes hand in hand with freethinking and the criticism freethinking encourages is actually a welcome tool toward growth. Of greater concern is the flow down of secrecy and fear resulting from corporate structures that do not encourage creativity and therefore are overpowering our artists.  The first result is underwhelming work. A secondary result is audiences are becoming less accustomed to change, free thought, free speech, debate, criticism and confrontation. Audiences are becoming so accustomed to the status quo that to step outside the norm is often condemned. This is an extremely saddening trend when the artistic form of thinking we are stifling is exactly the approach that will help grow the social richness and commercial wealth we all desire.