August 2, 2024 -   ... As much as you are able of course. We live in a world of grays, or mixed moralities and complexity and diverse perspectives, and all of that is as it should be frankly because, well, it's how it is when you grow up. Things fuzz out from the black & white way of the world as a child. We rebel against autocracy because it pushes against all of this, but in art, we need to avoid getting bogged down in choices and complexity, we need be decisive, bold and purposeful, now more than ever. Tyrannical even, but only with ourselves. Be Caesar, to Rome, not Brutus. We as artists are required to be dictators of our creative space and that is a lot harder to be than you think. Especially for normal people,…