My mother always kept us involved in various types of art.
In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not regularly, because I never liked writing non-fiction very much.
I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.
It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.
As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically.
I don't necessarily make much art myself, but after I wrote 'Warped Passages,' I was fortunate to get involved a little in the art world. I got invited to write a libretto for what we called a projective opera, and I also got invited to curate an art exhibit.
When studio art started being seen as important, I joined Colab, and then I became very involved.
I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.
I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.
Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
I like visual arts, and what I love doing is participating in the making of it.
