Radical Hope Is Our Best Weapon: Questions and Thoughts
“It's perfectly fine if you don't believe in these ‘superstitions,’ because no matter what you believe, fukú believes in you." [laugh]- Mr. Diaz, 4:13
This phrase that Mr. Diaz uses to describe the “force that bound us all together [in the Dominican Republique]” is a prime example of a vision for radical hope for personal artistic aspirations. The vision and form of what I intend to create as an artist both inside and out of this institution is in a constant state of fluctuation, much like the political climate, much like my weight, my mental state, my capacity for love, my capacity for creation. These “superstitions” that begin as seeds in creation and in hope have been planted as soon as they are birthed. Just because they were planted in the desert does not mean that at one point there will be rain; or to say less frivolously, accepting the cycle of scepticism in ones craft and practice will not stop the seasons from changing.
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