To the editor:
For meaningful climate action to happen, three things are necessary. We need to change our conversation, our consumption, and our politics. The first of these is what can make the other two inevitable, for when American citizens begin talking about climate chaos in their daily lives, the urgent need for economic and political transformation will be universally acknowledged.
We must recognize that art and artists are essential to the work of changing the conversation. As people who dedicate their lives to the imaginative exploration of possibility, artists are not constrained by “conventional wisdom” or political expediency.
At its best, art can change people’s lives — bringing us face to face with difficult truths and complex moral choices, while galvanizing our consciences into action. The sculpture exhibit at Chesterwood is a good example of how art and creativity can help us address climate change’s impacts on our futures.
Warren Senders
Medford
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