Cortney Cassidy, from A Soft Manifesto

These principles act as a soft manifesto for myself, and for anyone else who wants to be an artist practicing for softer reasons at softer paces in softer spaces:

• Can you afford to break down any barriers between your work and the audience? (monetary, language, accessibility, etc.)
• What can you gain, that is not money, from the work?
• Who, that is not you, can gain from the work?
• Can you remove yourself from the center of the work?
• Does the work consider its impact on our planet?
• Does the work consider your politics?
• Does the work reflect your understanding of the responsibility of being human?
• Have you learned all you can from the work before presenting it as finished?
• In what ways have you grown or changed from older work, and are you proud of these changes?
• Can you afford to rest?