Notes on Danticat's Talk

My favorite part of Danticat's speech was when she brought up the intersectionality of art and protest. I appreciated her ability to so eloquently vocalize the importance of an artist being an activist. She allowed me to view MLK in a modern way and showed how art can be expression, but also protest. She found ways to incorporate her passion for art, but also her moral obligation to fight for her beliefs. I also thought she was so inspiring. She made me want to get up and be an ally. She encouraged me to listen to stories and use my art as means of protest. She found a great balance of explaining how art is not one thing or another. It is not entertainment but but creative struggle and expression. She found ways to show us the beauty in her writing, but also the pain in the stories she tells. In the writing workshop I found how knowledgeable she was. She truly is such an amazing writer and I thought it was so cool how she knew about different genres and taught us tools/stylistic choices I had never heard of. Lastly, she told us how art allows us to feel others and how artist have such unique identities and narratives.