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On Thursday, I had the pleasure of experiencing spoken word poet Joshua Bennett live. His poem about his little brother Levi laid me bare.

We have seen what happens when a mind goes unchained
We have built entire industries around keeping our modern day Michelangelo’s in check.
How many Children?
How many masterfully written lives must we have dashed into the ground before we call this a genocide on creativity?

I spent my Saturday night binge-watching every Youtube video I could find with his performances. His Penn graduation speech was similarly moving. And talk about skill as a public speaker! Listening to him read prose was almost as powerful as when he performs his poetry. I recommend you give him a listen. He is truly an inspiration (and was as thoughtful and open and affirming in person as you might expect of such an artist).