Vesperisms Episode 7: The Dream of Justice with Will Ford III

In light of the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Brianna Taylor and George Floyd, and our national conversation about race, I felt it was appropriate to pause my series on artistic process in order to speak with my friend, storyteller and leader Will Ford III. He tells the story of his family's extraordinary history from slavery to the present, his work in racial reconciliation, and the importance of paying attention to your (literal) dreams. This is a longer episode which I think will really help all of us think toward what's possible.
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This week's Recommended Read: The Dream King, written by Will Ford and Matt Lockett.
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Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself is the podcast to help you make sense of your place in this crazy world by reclaiming an artistic worldview. Everything around us is trying to push us into boxes, but that's not how artists' minds work. Let's get off that detour and back on the main road to thinking for ourselves: as artists.
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Music for Vesperisms is provided by Ben + Vesper.