Safe Space?

Footlights: I recently came upon an audition notice, and what caught my eye was the phrase, “safe space”. This struck me as a bit odd because art is about seeking the truth. The truth of the artist. A composer may struggle over a single note, a painter a single color, a dancer a step, an actor a character. Each artist knows that every choice is crucial to the creative process. And every decision fills the artist with a quandary. A quandary may last a moment, it may last days, it can span years, and if you’ve ever experienced it, it is the antithesis of safety. It is being lost, and lost leaves us vulnerable, unsafe.