How Does Art Shape Our Lives? Musicians, Writers, Filmmakers & Actors Share Their Stories

The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability

How do the arts help us find purpose and meaning? What role do stories play in helping us preserve memories, connect us to each other, and answer life’s big questions?

MAX RICHTER (Award-winning Composer & Pianist) reflects on the importance of creativity and how art offers windows into other people’s experiences, fostering connection.

ETGAR KERET (Cannes Film Festival Award-winning Director & Author) remembers how his mother told him stories to show her love.

ANTHONY JOSEPH (T.S. Eliot Prize-winning Poet, Novelist, Singer-songwriter) on piecing together the fragmented documentation of Caribbean life through poetry.

CLAUDIA FORESTIERI (Emmy Award-winning Writer/Creator of HBOMax’s Gordita Chronicles) talks about the crucial role of immigrants in building and revitalizing America.

BRIGITTE MUNOZ-LIEBOWITZ (Showrunner Gordita Chronicles · One Day at a Time) on how adversity fosters growth and the importance of a positive outlook.

JOHNJOE McFADDEN (Author of Life is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe · Molecular Genetics Professor) explores how art communicates complex ideas holistically.

SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA (Booker Prize-winning Author, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida) on writing in the 2nd person to explore spiritual dimensions.

CATHERINE CURTIN (Actress · Stranger Things · Orange Is the New Black) reflects on creative freedom and in theater, film, and television.

KATE MUETH (Founder/Artistic Director, The Neo-Political Cowgirls) emphasizes the importance of authenticity and personal fulfillment in the creative process.

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