Episode 22: Bob Leonard - The Continuing Evolution of the Horse

<h2><strong>Episode 22: Bob Leonard - The Continuing Evolution of the Horse</strong></h2><h2>Threshold Questions and Delicious Quotes</h2><p><br></p><p><strong>What is the artist's role in the altered and uncertain world we are entering?</strong></p><blockquote><em>…there is a human, passion for justice, and it would seem that it's hard to get…as human beings, we rely on the stories that we tell each other to keep our sense of direction. I don't mean down a road, but where's North. … And we understand ourselves through our stories, and that includes that passion for justice. It's not an abstract, … They know when it's something is not just. ...And that struggle is enormously dependent on the stories that we tell ourselves about that, and artists are the people who do that.</em></blockquote><p><br></p><p><strong>How has Alternate Roots manifested the struggle and evolution of American democracy?</strong></p><blockquote><em>This was in the spirit of the times, both in terms of the, from my point of view, the American revolution continuing, but also the times were about finding out what democracy can do in the face of oppression. Whether we're talking about women's rights or civil rights or Vietnam war, there were a lot of people who were trying to figure out new ways of understanding the paradigm of democracy and democratic decision-making.</em></blockquote><blockquote><em>So, we decided that the board was going to be everybody. It was not going to be representative governance. We were going to be a participatory governance, and what's absolutely really astonishing Bill, is that that still is the case. 45 years later, we have a board of 200 people, and it is functioning well. </em></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p><strong>Is there a community arts, story telling aesthetic?</strong></p><blockquote><em>And that can have all kinds of permutations and experimentations, with, with the aesthetic. Does it have to be told in a particular aesthetic? The commercial aesthetic of East Tennessee is Dolly Parton and t