The beginning...

Why is it that we miss the boat when it comes to education in the arts? The culture seems to herald the "Artist" as the creator and the showman, the hope of the future, the driver of innovation...however, no energy is ever put into its education, to the fertilization of young minds...Maybe it's that we don't fit in the mold of the academy? We seem simple and base to the grand scholars, yet there is a rich and powerful history, well beyond that of most disciplines...an insidious passion that eats everything in its path...we are subversive and uncontrollable, uncanny and lost...this is what makes others afraid...this is what makes those of us that create afraid...sometimes I call it the beautiful addiction...my goal is to expound upon these ideas, reflect on the past and put it into context of the future...fight for what is right and just and explore both sides of the argument...have fun and act a little irreverent...

So in this space between, occurs the most important work we can do, the exploration of ourselves, the creation of connections and skills to solve the most complex problems...