“To be an artist right now is to bear an enormous responsibility. When communication breaks down between people, between cultures, between ideologies, it is art that can best bridge that divide. When the head rejects the language of logic, of compassion, of compromise, the heart will hear what art has to say, the language of commonality, of resonance, of connection. It is my honor to bear that responsibility, to speak in a language that hopes to unify and connect. This is the language artists understand, and this is the language I am proud to speak.”