Drawing God

Joan Weber is an actor, teacher, teaching artist, photographer, first executive director of Arts Every Day and a consultant. She's been thinking about the question "Why art?" for a couple of years.

Some thoughts from the interview:

• "Once one can ask the question "Why?," then there must be art."
• "Art is one answer to why and how."
• "There's no other representation of the imagination."
• "If we're not using the gift of imagination that is given to us, then we are being irresponsible."
• "It is irresponsible of us not to nurture the imagination for it is from which we get all advancement."