Patrisse Cullors Instagram – @shahrzadchang and @osopepatrisse discuss much more than art on this week’s episode of Artist 2 Artist. They dive into the fascinating depths of language, and how the words and ideas we perceive shape not only our identity, thoughts and expectations, but expression and self-actualization. In charting her journey as an Iranian artist, creating art in a new place with a new audience, we learn how her process changed to be congruent with her new environment. That is what art does, it transcends language and brings us together through our join humanity. Shahrzad reminds us to examine the perceptions we hold close enough to shape our identity, and that the role of the artist holds power to break the molds into which we were cast, and literally (if that’s your medium) build them a anew. Join us this week for a powerful conversation about the abolitionist power of art, and the role that individual thought and expression play in remaking the world in which we create.