In this week’s reading we read about the connection of art and activism. The revolution has many different positions. There are the storytellers, the front liners, the healers, the educators and the Artists. Like the article explained. The folks that Affect people to create change and  inspire others to feel and in turn take action. Art will  always be a powerful tool to incite change. It has always been my favorite medium. Something about listening to a spoken word piece or looking at a beautiful mural, watching a dance piece or just freestyling some rhymes with friends  fills me up with the emotions they were trying to convey. Activism is taking action against injustices and systems of oppression and art causes us to feel inspired to take that action. A beautiful catalyst. The artist’s tool is the weapon whether it be a pen, marker, spray can, hands, feet or mouth. Creation is the death of oppression. When we create a piece that transmutes  our experiences we let people look into our lives, it enables us to be vulnerable in a powerful and human way, it galvanizes the collective to “feel”. We naturally are a collective community although capitalism and individualism at times mutes that state of being, it’s who we are at our core and to live on this earth inherit the responsibility of ensuring we all have the best quality of life.  Art can motivate the masses to choose peace and it can be radical enough to start revolutions that fact alone conveys the power it holds.