Many great artists first develop their sensitive antenna not to create art, but to protect themselves. An example of that would be it's not unusual to hear stories of artists whose parents maybe were alcoholics. Even as children they're learning to study the situation in very advanced ways. There's something about being able to say this is me as I am this is how I see the world. It's really enlivening and through the creation of art we can heal ourselves and we can heal the audience as well. We heal each other.