And then, when I was in tenth grade, I went to this school, Indian Springs School, a small boarding school, outside of Birmingham, Alabama. And all at once I became a learner. And I became a learner, because I found myself in a community of learners. I found myself surrounded by people who celebrated intellectualism and engagement, and who thought that my ironic oh-so-cool disengagement wasn't clever, or funny, but, like, it was a simple and unspectacular response to very complicated and compelling problems. And so I started to learn, because learning was cool.Learning is a kind of culture.
Culture shapes us all.
We cannot always choose our culture. but as artists - don't we hope to shape it? don't we hope to contribute to it? aren't we super sensitive to it?
I will still try to choose as much as I can.
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