How do you enter the world?
In The West Wing’s third season, the episode title “The U.S. Poet Laureate” features Laura Dern as new poet laureate Tabitha Fortis. She says the following near the end of the episode:
“You think I think that an artist’s job is to speak the truth. An artist’s job is to captivate you for however long we’ve asked for your attention. If we stumble into truth, we got lucky. […] I write poetry, Toby; that’s how I enter the world.”
From “The U.S. Poet Laureate”, text by Aaron Sorkin
How do you enter the world? Is it just one way? Do you know?
I enter the world by writing music, by writing words, by teaching and mentoring. That’s three different ways I enter the world. And depending on how I enter, the world is different.
Know how you enter the world. And then enter the world that way, intentionally.