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Thurman Love
Literary Arts: Poet; Media Arts: Graphic Artist, Producer, Radio/Television Talent, Voiceover; Multi-Disciplinary: Multiple Art Forms, Performer and Writer; Performing Arts: Band, Composer, Musician, Spoken Word Artist, Storyteller, Vocalist/Singer; Teaching Artist/Instructor; Visual Arts: Artisan, Constructions/Collage, Craftsperson, Maker, Mixed Media Artist, Painter, Photographer, Printmaker, Sculptor, Textiles, Woodworker; Folk Artist
My job is to make folk music dangerous again.
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Artist Style: Dance: Folk; Literary: Children, Editor, Poetry, Prose, Slam, Stream of Consciousness; Music: Acoustic, Bluegrass, Blues, Children's Music, Folk, Hard Rock, Rock; Street Art: Surrealistic; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Guest Speaker, Instruction for Adults, Instruction for Children, Instruction for Seniors, Instruction for Special Needs, Multi-Day Artist Residency, Performer for Schools/Classrooms, Workshop Presenter; Theatre: Cabaret/Variety, Comedy, Drama, Musicals, Solo/One-Person; Visual Art: Abstract, Conceptual, Dream Imagery/Ethereal, Experimental, Nature/Wildlife, Social Commentary, Still Life; Folk Artist
Artist Statement of Work
Tell us about your work (style, approach, philosophy, subject and/or theme):
Woody Guthrie said your job as an artist is to comfort the disturbed or disturb the comforted.
I do that every night that I perform.
I am a San Antonio Native.
I just toured the world with my original songs. In the USA I played in Boston, New York City, The Rainbow Gathering, Nashville, and Chicago. I then got on a plane and played in Europe, Ireland, Israel, Thailand and Nepal. I was gone for six months. The tour was spurred by a song I wrote entitled "I'm Picking Up What You're Putting Down". I wrote it after having brunch at NOLA in San Antonio with this woman. It is the last thing she said to me that morning. 5 years later it was picked up in an Israeli algorithm and I was playing across the pond!
When I say make folk music dangerous again, I mean that this is not about money. Is Rock N Roll really dangerous when it is being played by millionaires? I do not believe the things that I taught my own children. THat is why I am an artist. Every night I bring a representation of my heart.