{"id":2853,"date":"2015-10-13T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2015\/10\/big-questions\/"},"modified":"2015-10-13T09:44:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T13:44:41","slug":"big-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2015\/10\/big-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another jewel from author and actor Wendell Pierce, this time from his new book, \u201cThe Wind In The Reeds,\u201d about Pierce\u2019s boyhood in New Orleans and his path to the wider world, especially his artistic path:<\/p>\n<p><em>Together, we look for answers to the same big questions. That\u2019s why we go to the theater. That\u2019s why we go to the art museum. That\u2019s why we go to the club or the concert hall. Seeking that moment of connection or collective catharsis with our fellow human beings \u2013\u2013 that is the magic and the mystery that artists conjure. That is why we become artists.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpad-img-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d166ea9b970c-800wi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2288\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d166ea9b970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b01b8d166ea9b970c-500wi.jpg\" title=\"2288\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another jewel from author and actor Wendell Pierce, this time from his new book, \u201cThe Wind In The Reeds,\u201d about Pierce\u2019s boyhood in New Orleans and his path to the wider world, especially his artistic path: Together, we look for answers to the same big questions. That\u2019s why we go to the theater. That\u2019s why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}