WRITINGS from an Independent & Renegade Scholar
It is my social duty to speak truth to perverse power.
As a Latin American immigrant and person of color, a brown Mestizó, I don't have the luxury to make “art for art’s sake” and engage in
indulgent practices to explore “form” and meaningless abstract concerns. The issues threatening my decolonized body
and the bodies of my immigrant community under attack are much too urgent for such escapism art.
As a writer of performances rooted in a belief that art can inspire social justice, here are links to some of the many articles scripted in support of developing work that serves as a creative catalyst for self-empowerment, a greater evolved consciousness, and cultural equity to have our voices heard. I write to remember against a culture that celebrates amnesia, and challenge a divisive and corrosive political landscape that is
taking the country back to the 1950s--when people of color were systematically silenced. --JTT
It is my social duty to speak truth to perverse power.
As a Latin American immigrant and person of color, a brown Mestizó, I don't have the luxury to make “art for art’s sake” and engage in
indulgent practices to explore “form” and meaningless abstract concerns. The issues threatening my decolonized body
and the bodies of my immigrant community under attack are much too urgent for such escapism art.
As a writer of performances rooted in a belief that art can inspire social justice, here are links to some of the many articles scripted in support of developing work that serves as a creative catalyst for self-empowerment, a greater evolved consciousness, and cultural equity to have our voices heard. I write to remember against a culture that celebrates amnesia, and challenge a divisive and corrosive political landscape that is
taking the country back to the 1950s--when people of color were systematically silenced. --JTT