I have thought of myself as a seeker for a long time, and I have found a lot of joy in the process of seeking. Those efforts and interests have taken me around the world and deep into my own soul. I have promoted and even celebrated focusing on the path, the journey, rather than the destination. But it’s also important to land, get somewhere, and find your people, yourself. Seeking is necessary, but it can also be lonely. And at the end, we need to be home, even if just for a rest between the journeys.
Glenn Ligon’s work Give Us a Poem (2007) quotes a poem once shared by Muhammad Ali. Two simple words, one profound idea: I am you, and you are me. This is one of the many things I love about art: through and with it, we know that we are more alike than different. Finding art and knowing this feels like home.
