Name: An Artist's Duty
Duration: P00H03M30S
Description: "an artist's duty" was written the day after the 2016 election in response to questioning my purpose as an artist and samples a quote by nina simone that provided me with much-needed wisdom.

Em Downing - An Artist's Duty

from KEEP ON FIGHTING by Special Passenger Records

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"an artist's duty" was written the day after the 2016 election in response to questioning my purpose as an artist and samples a quote by nina simone that provided me with much-needed wisdom.

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an artist's duty
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"An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times. I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians. As far as I’m concerned, it’s their choice, but I CHOOSE to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself. That, to me, is my duty. And at this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when everyday is a matter of survival, I don’t think you can help but be involved. Young people, black and white, know this. That’s why they’re so involved in politics. We will shape and mold this country or it will not be molded and shaped at all anymore. So I don’t think you have a choice. How can you be an artist and NOT reflect the times? That to me is the definition of an artist." --Nina Simone

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from KEEP ON FIGHTING, released January 20, 2017
written, performed, and recorded by em downing.
mediums used: cello, sound samples
"an artist's duty" samples Nina Simone's "On the Role of An Artist."

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