Keyword: Making | Sweet etymology reveals that the root of Poet is a Maker. In the historical sweep of what we say and do, this linguistic link from the practical to the lyrical, embraces our survival, management, creativity, resourcefulness, connections, communications and all that jazz broadly labeled “culture”. Art, as everyday ecstasy, ingenuity, occupation and pre-occupation, is a basic activity that, like language, belongs to all, but alas exercised in a inexhaustible variety of ways, delicious to disruptive, dismal to dynamic. What we make, as Artists, with a capital A, are conscious gifts, conceived and crafted with the integrity of a good cook. Making something from nothing, transforming ingredients, understanding process, tradition, changing conditions, inventing and share what we make to nourish and serve. Sometimes we make a mess. Sometimes a marvel. Whatever we make, Art serves as Agency for our collective experience, capacity and imagination.