In the book "Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Arts" by Keith Knight, Mat Schwarzman, and many others, the story that struck me as really interesting and impactful was Ricardo Levins Morales' story. According to the book, Ricardo Levins Morales is a union artist and known as a "Visual Griot." What struck me as interesting in this story was Levins Morales' openness to the pervasive thoughts and opinions he came across. Not only was he open to listening to views different from his own, but he was bold and taking risks to travel with strangers and ask them about their lives. To top it all off, he takes all that information and portrays it through his art. He would have to pay attention to not only the objective facts of the information he receives but also the tone and attitude of the one sharing. It's great that he is able to take drawing, something he's passionate about, and influence the world to make changes for what he believes in. He could easily be keeping the information he receives and his art he creates to himself, but he tries to do something with it. He continues to share that information.
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