Twenty Questions with Kirby Part 2

1. Are certain words considered beautiful because of the ideas and images they signify or because of an aesthetic quality that they inherently possess?
2. Is it more meaningful to “be a voice for the voiceless” or to listen and allow the “voiceless” to speak for themselves?
3. The media is largely responsible for perpetuating many problematic images and stereotypes. To what extent can a change to this norm be consumer driven, and how much of it must come from within the media itself?
4. How can I prevent one element of my identity from becoming my identity without minimizing its importance?
5. I’ve always been a fan of the idea of compassion. Recently, I learned that compassion literally means “to suffer with.” When is it appropriate to attempt to heal someone’s pain, and when is it more appropriate to enter that pain with them?
6. How can we best go about critiquing ideologies without becoming critical of the individuals who hold them?
7. Is it possible to be authentic with the masses and be vulnerable with only a few?
8. Does preoccupation with certainty lead to loss of faith?
9. Many emotional words prevalent in other languages have no English equivalent, and perhaps vice versa. Does this negate the universality of the emotions themselves?
10. What does it really mean to “keep in touch?”
11. In what ways is beauty a multisensory experience?
12. Is it possible to return to a place or a person you love without being physically present?
13. We tend to feel our most powerful emotions in the heart- or in the core of who we are. Why then, do we often suppress these emotions as trivial?
14. How can I bridge the gap between my youthful uncertainty and developing wisdom in order to cultivate a unique and powerful voice for myself?
15. Unrequited love???  
16. How do we maintain the subjectivity of art while fully embracing and appreciating the artist’s original intent?
17. Why are we so quick to judge the value of our actions and efforts on their tangible results, especially when they are out of our control?
18. How did destructive things like discrimination, prejudice, and intolerance become so embedded in the faith I practice- one that is supposed to be based on ideals of love, grace, and justice for all people?
19. As I move on to the next chapter of my life, how do I hold things from home close to my heart while also making room for new people and experiences?
20. Is it okay to ask a question without any real intention of finding an answer?