GRATEFUL TO BE AN ARTIST

"We need artists to reflect our humanity and goodness back to us, especially during difficult times. . . While science may be the thing that gets us out of a difficult situation, art will be what helps us through the situation because art is to the community what thoughts are to the individual. Art provides the community a forum where we reflect on who we are, where we hope to go our strengths, our failures. Through art as our mirror, we decide what our values are and then we can act on them. That is the role of art. Entertainment? That is just a byproduct."

~ HIGH WATER by Patty Flores Reinhart