Make Art or Die Trying

Chapter Eleven

Activist

CHANGE HAPPENS WHEN ART MEETS THE WORLD.

Finally, we come to a point together where everything we’ve stacked in our toolbelts comes into its own. This is the bit where we start to apply it all to the world around us, to take action and make things better.

It’s a total myth that artists can’t change things, in fact, the artistic license you were born with is the most powerful gift you’ve been given. It’s your way to go where other people can’t and I implore you to use it—loudly, daily, and well.

ACTIVISM

Right now so many artists are taking action with their work, and the past is full of examples of those who were ...