“I made a conscious decision to take my life and career in a different direction. I started working on a play, and also, by attending Burning Man for several years, I was incredibly stimulated by the art there. I increasingly wanted to be a part of it, and focused on what I wanted to say as an artist.” MenYearsArtMadeDifferentPlayWantedArtistDecisionCareersConsciousFocusedBurningAttendingDifferent DirectionsBurning Man Author:Scott Cohen
“New York is just New York. It's a hard city, it's a hard city to live in. It's a desperate city. It's filled with scam artists and people who are always looking for a way in and a way out and the majority of people have to really negotiate their way through that jungle to get to the other side; the other side being a place of tranquility and peace and home and safety.” PeopleWayHardHomeArtistSidesCitiesNew YorkSafetyMajorityFilledDesperateTranquilityJungleScams Author:Scott Cohen
“I think that when you do any kind of theatrical form, (you can't really do this in the theater) the task as an artist is to reach some form of catharsis yourself, and express something that allows an audience to have some form of catharsis. If there's no discovery in what you do, if there's no struggle in what you do to have that discovery, then, there's no meaning in what you do.” IfsThinkingKindFormArtistAudienceStruggleDiscoveryTasksTheaterTheatricalCatharsis Author:Scott Cohen
