Jenna Rodgers - Thought #14 - Parting Words

I'm coming to you live from Vancouver, where I'm attending my first ever Push Festival. I'm wrapping up this residency in such a fitting way: surrounded by artists, thinkers, and makers who have gathered to celebrate and promote an international sharing of artistic work. That, and to celebrate the escape from the polar vortex that is plaguing the rest of Canada. Though, perhaps that, too, is a metaphor. We can't ever truly escape the shit. The good weather and the bad are both connected to the imminent destruction of global warming, which we can pretend isn't happening, just because it's nice outside. We are in the muck too… and much of our best art comes from a place of trying to work through the shit that surrounds us, and generate something meaningful and relevant. So, I thank you for trying to glean meaning from this month of thoughts and questions, and I look forward to all the thoughts and questions that come as we continue to make our way through the muck.