The art of songwriting takes time, skill, and passion to put together a full piece. For one Kentucky man, his songwriting inspiration comes from his roots in eastern Kentucky.

A birthplace of the country’s Modernist movement, the rural estate of a queer icon, incubators for young artists, and other art spaces to pay attention to.

Her figures are in a state of unrelenting grief about what it means to be human and to feel powerless about so much that happens to ourselves and others.