Creativity
"Art is for everybody." - Keith Haring
"The act of creation itself is very clear and pure. But this creation immediately results in a 'thing' that has a 'value' that must be reckoned with. Even the subway drawings, which were quite obviously about the 'act,' not the 'thing,' are now turning up, having been 'rescued' from destruction by would-be collectors." - Keith Haring
This week Jillian Hess, curator and writer of Notes, the amazing Substack celebration of the diaries and notebooks of creative people, did a deep dive into the meticulously-kept journals of Keith Haring. Her scholarship and attendant observations are inspiring in of themselves.

Article: Keith Haring's Street Notes

Related Article: Keith Haring‘s First-Ever Museum Exhibition in Los Angeles, Art Is for Everybody, is on View through October 8th.