When Beautiful Work Inspires

On writing as an art form inspired by great works such as Mexican folk singer Silvana Estrada's performance of "Si Me Matan."

I've realized that the greatest threat to my pursuit of literary independence is not that I am a mediocre writer. It's rather, as my good friend recently put it, that I refuse to write what I don’t want to. I won’t write ad copy or social media content or commissioned articles about topics I care little about.

I miss out on easy money and instead choose …