Safety. I’ve been thinking a lot about it. I do believe we create our best work when we feel safe. Having just said that, I remembered the story of how The Quartet for the End of Time was written and performed in a concentration camp. What drove the composer? The artists? Why would they possibly make music in such a setting? They certainly couldn’t have felt safe. I landed on the idea that maybe they felt like they had nothing else to lose. But thinking about it for another day, I wondered if perhaps it was something else. Maybe the music was a part of their survival? For many of us, we absolutely need to make music. For others, they need to hear our music. It’s essential for life. 

So safety, yes. But even when we aren’t safe, many of us simply must create.