FIVE QUESTIONS FOR THE ARTIST

1) What is your name?
- Aiko Tanaka - 

2) Where are you from?
- Japan - 

3) What do you do?
- content development, marketing etc. - 

4) What inspired you to pursue your creative career?
- my interests in media x culture -

5) What is your view on the state of the arts?
- unlimited -

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR THE ARTIST

1) What is your name?
- Michael Lindgren - 

2) Where are you from?
- New York City - 

3) What do you do?
- Freelance writer, poet, and musician - 

4) What inspired you to pursue your creative career?
- I have always felt the need to express myself with words and music, and have been fortunate to be shown how to attempt to do so by parents, friends, teachers, and co-workers. -

5) What is your view on the state of the arts?
- I have faith that artists will always find a way to get their work done; but there are many factors today that make it hard to feel optimistic. The current political trend towards cutting support for arts, education, schools, libraries, and so on, is disastrous, and very angering. -

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR THE ARTIST

1) What is your name?
- Iris Huey - 

2) Where are you from?
- Phoenix, AZ - 

3) What do you do?
- Live life and grow spiritually. And I bring what I learn to my creative outlets like filmmaking and acting. I also enjoy performing spoken word. - 

4) What inspired you to pursue your creative career?
- The fulfillment I experience from making films and acting impels me to work in these areas. -

5) What is your view on the state of the arts?
- It is ever expanding. More and more people seem committed to creating opportunities to share their art with the world. Great things are happening. Beautiful art is everywhere. -