By nature I'm very much an optimist. By nature I believe in the strength and the tenacity that art and dance have in our humanity. I know it will be an incredibly hard journey, mainly because the dreams have been lost, the examples, the mentorship, the ability to have a great person to look up to, be it a dancer, a musician or an actor. They're not there. To me, it is a question of how to rekindle the passion for art in young people. That is going to be an interesting road. It will take time.
I am so inspired by all the artists who have been able to make a 180-degree turn in their careers and turn to Zoom communications, Zoom creations, online efforts. For our young people, those kinds of efforts are much harder to make. Young people need the education. We can't just say, “Well, hey, create a piece of art” and do it and have it there. We all need to learn to read. We need to learn to read music. We need to learn to play. We need to do the ABCs, and one plus one is two. Once we have that, we can actually blossom into the art of the future, the art of tomorrow, the art that comes out of COVID-19 experiences.
It's not going to be easy. I am burdened, as I said earlier, by the fact that we are faced with a debt of $50,000 to the government, even as thankful as I am, because it helped us through this period.