Why Make Art When the World is in Chaos | DaeEss 1Dréa PENNINGTON WASIO | TEDxPromenade des Anglais

[Music] The ship is sinking. Fires are raging. The world is unraveling. And someone is playing music. What good is art when the world is falling apart? When the future is uncertain, why write poetry? What good is a painting or a song when hearts are breaking? In the midst of our suffering, art becomes a lifeline. Art becomes an act of radical hope. In 1992, during the siege of SVO, as bombs fell and snipers hunted civilians, one man sat in the ruins of a bomb crater in his tuxedo and played his cello. Vedra ...