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What inspires you from WFSU Public Media? Here's this week's Voices That Inspire. I'm Amanda Carriott Thompson, Assistant Director at the Council on Culture and Arts, and I manage our arts education and public art programming. The idea of being an artist is the naftive bravery. It is about sharing who you are, and what you think and what you feel, what you believe, your frustrations, your hopes, your identity. It is so close to the core of who we are as people, and that can sometimes make risks feel very vulnerable. And yet they do it anyway. And that, to me, is one of the most inspiring parts of my job. These last few months have been tricky for all of us, some more than others. And I think part of that really is recognizing art as a potential healing tool, as a potential tool for safe expression, a tool to really use your voice for everyone. When we think about the arts, again, we're talking about that as pluralistically as possible. We're talking about it from a sense of very young children, all the way up to adults in their senior years. Everyone needs an opportunity to have an outlet, a creative outlet that is constructive versus destructive, when we're faced with forces that are trying. It is very helpful, at least to me, to be able to turn towards something that brings a new idea into being. I'm Amanda Carriott Thompson, Assistant Director at the Council on Culture and Arts, and I manage our arts education and public art programming. You're listening to voices that inspire.