WEBVTT 00:00.366 --> 00:02.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% (calm music) 00:04.166 --> 00:07.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Art has the power to transform us 00:07.366 --> 00:09.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% by allowing us to experience 00:09.466 --> 00:11.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% a different viewpoint in the world 00:11.433 --> 00:13.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% from a non-judgmental space. 00:13.666 --> 00:15.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And the music that we write 00:15.033 --> 00:17.166 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% is really just the human experience. 00:17.166 --> 00:19.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% (calm music) 00:24.166 --> 00:26.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% My music is primarily folk music. 00:26.200 --> 00:29.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I'm really into lyrics and melodies and harmonies 00:29.533 --> 00:30.800 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in the folk tradition. 00:30.800 --> 00:32.333 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And then I also have some influences 00:32.333 --> 00:34.333 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% from Celtic music, specifically. 00:35.500 --> 00:37.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% But because of a looping pedal, 00:37.200 --> 00:41.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% there's also this element of experimental ambient sounds. 00:41.433 --> 00:44.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And so it's sort of a blending of different traditions. 00:44.433 --> 00:46.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% (calm music) 00:47.666 --> 00:49.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I think the role of art 00:49.000 --> 00:51.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% is to connect with our creative energy. 00:51.666 --> 00:54.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I think something in us, very human, 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% is just this desire to play and create 00:57.000 --> 00:58.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and experience new things 00:58.500 --> 01:00.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and I think art accomplishes all of that. 01:00.533 --> 01:03.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% (calm music) 01:06.233 --> 01:10.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And also helps us to express emotions 01:10.000 --> 01:11.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% that we might not have words for. 01:11.066 --> 01:13.600 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And it's a really human thing 01:13.600 --> 01:17.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% to wanna express what's inside of us in a creative way. 01:17.700 --> 01:21.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Can you see me, way in the back here ♪ 01:21.766 --> 01:26.100 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ I've been waiting, I've been waiting in line ♪ 01:26.100 --> 01:28.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ It's been a long time 01:28.033 --> 01:30.233 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Can't get no service 01:30.233 --> 01:35.233 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Still I'm hoping, I am hoping for a sign ♪ 01:38.066 --> 01:40.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ That one day things will change ♪ 01:40.866 --> 01:45.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ And we can finally take our place ♪ 01:46.733 --> 01:49.566 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ That history won't forget us 01:49.566 --> 01:53.600 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Or try to minimize our pain 01:53.600 --> 01:55.733 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ And so I wait 01:55.733 --> 01:59.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I got started in music in fifth grade. 01:59.033 --> 02:02.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% There was an orchestra that came to our elementary school 02:02.133 --> 02:03.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and played for us. 02:03.633 --> 02:05.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And I loved the sound of all the strings together. 02:05.466 --> 02:07.333 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And I knew that that's what I wanted to do. 02:07.333 --> 02:10.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And so we figured out a way that I could hold the violin. 02:10.266 --> 02:12.333 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I hold it in front of me like a small cello. 02:12.333 --> 02:13.733 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And I've been playing ever since. 02:13.733 --> 02:17.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Did you know that when I get angry ♪ 02:17.500 --> 02:21.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ I breath fire, I can burn this place down ♪ 02:21.433 --> 02:25.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ You may not realize all of the small ways ♪ 02:25.666 --> 02:30.166 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ I am not welcome, but just take a look around ♪ 02:30.166 --> 02:34.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Disabled people are resilient, we're adaptable, 02:34.433 --> 02:38.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% we're creative, and I think we see the world 02:38.666 --> 02:42.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and our relationships in it through a different lens. 02:42.266 --> 02:46.600 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% To me, that is the essence of disability culture. 02:46.600 --> 02:48.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Pushing up, pushing up 02:48.633 --> 02:50.833 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Through the dirt just like a seed ♪ 02:50.833 --> 02:53.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ But you're never quite a flower ♪ 02:53.266 --> 02:55.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ You feel more just like a weed ♪ 02:55.400 --> 02:58.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Driving through, driving through ♪ 02:58.400 --> 03:00.333 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ You don't know where you are going ♪ 03:00.333 --> 03:03.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ But the windshield's always dirty ♪ 03:03.200 --> 03:06.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ And you never get to see 03:06.133 --> 03:10.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ What makes you think that you'll ever get there? ♪ 03:10.666 --> 03:15.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ What makes you think you deserve to know? ♪ 03:16.833 --> 03:19.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Who are you really, are you so important? ♪ 03:19.866 --> 03:22.300 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Take a look around 03:22.300 --> 03:27.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ and watch the world unfold 03:28.300 --> 03:32.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Watch the world unfold 03:35.200 --> 03:38.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Disability culture has been like an evolving thing for me, 03:38.000 --> 03:40.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% just like realizing that it's out there 03:40.033 --> 03:41.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and that you're not alone. 03:41.200 --> 03:43.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - I feel like there's this aspect 03:43.500 --> 03:47.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% of like we are creating the culture as we make art 03:47.666 --> 03:49.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and as we connect with people. 03:49.633 --> 03:52.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - One thing that's been really important to me 03:52.366 --> 03:56.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in the last few years is nurturing a sense of community 03:56.700 --> 03:58.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% among other disabled artists. 03:58.533 --> 03:59.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Part of it is because 03:59.900 --> 04:02.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% we haven't been amplified in our society, 04:02.266 --> 04:04.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% so a lot of us felt very isolated, 04:04.533 --> 04:07.566 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% because we were navigating the music industry 04:07.566 --> 04:10.800 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in a way that it was not very accessible right now. 04:10.800 --> 04:12.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - For a lot of my life, 04:12.266 --> 04:16.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I lived in a world not designed for me. 04:16.266 --> 04:17.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Yep. 04:17.533 --> 04:19.800 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - And so I hid it for a long time. 04:19.800 --> 04:22.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And it wasn't until I understood that, hey, 04:22.066 --> 04:26.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I'm not gonna get anywhere in life without asking for, 04:26.133 --> 04:28.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% not help, but, hey, support. 04:28.366 --> 04:33.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And being open and becoming vulnerable with other people. 04:33.266 --> 04:35.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - I love thinking about disability culture, 04:35.866 --> 04:38.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% because it reframes disability from something negative 04:38.966 --> 04:43.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% into just a form of diversity that really can be celebrated. 04:43.766 --> 04:48.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - It lets other people into the world and into the culture, 04:50.100 --> 04:51.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% because we're all just different bodies and we're all- 04:51.933 --> 04:53.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Exactly. 04:53.433 --> 04:54.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Trying to figure out how to be in the same space together. 04:54.866 --> 04:56.100 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Well, what I love about this 04:56.100 --> 04:57.600 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% is that we've built a bit of culture here. 04:57.600 --> 04:59.233 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% We are a culture of three. We are a community of three. 04:59.233 --> 05:00.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - Mhm-mm. - Right. 05:00.766 --> 05:05.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Who are you really, are you so important ♪ 05:05.500 --> 05:08.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Take a look around 05:08.266 --> 05:13.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ and watch the world unfold 05:13.000 --> 05:18.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Watch the world unfold 05:18.000 --> 05:22.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Watch the world unfold 05:22.666 --> 05:26.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% ♪ Watch the world unfold 05:34.300 --> 05:36.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% - [Announcer] This program was produced in collaboration 05:36.700 --> 05:38.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% with the Center for the Art of Medicine 05:38.466 --> 05:40.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% at the University of Minnesota Medical School. 05:40.966 --> 05:44.300 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund 05:44.300 --> 05:46.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and the citizens of Minnesota. 05:47.033 --> 05:49.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% (calm music)