In moments of uncertainty, when panic could close us down, arts has the ability to open us up. Artists create the narratives and the images that allow us to imagine futures that do not yet exist. Arts and culture can show us not only what is wrong with the present, but what else could be possible. They teach us to rehearse alternatives, to see the cracks where new possibilities can come through. 

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