Throughout my career, I have come to many conclusions as to the importance of the arts. One main conclusion is that everyone is ‘art-wired’; everyone has some capacity to make or understand art. Whether they understand it in the way that it was meant to be understood is debatable, they understand it nonetheless. Movies are a great example of this. There are many reasons movies and filmmaking remain a popular art form, and one of the most important reasons why is the release from real life it provides.

    Nowadays, everything is fast and there is very little time to stop and catch your breath. The arts provide that break, that release. They give people a chance to sit and observe something outside of their lives, which often can be related back to their own lives in one way or another. When I am creating art, whether that be through dance, acting, or music, I like to keep that in mind.