For an artist the necessary work of daily life is to inspire and illuminate with the beauty of a chosen medium and created form, so that we are reminded to take joy in participating in this creation we share. I'm not opting myself or anyone else out of the picture, either. A blockade can be a chosen medium, a letter to the editor a well-created form. The key to appropriateness of choice in a personal life or in a group strategy, after all the pros and cons have been brainstormed and analyzed, is timing, spirit of undertaking, and subjective judgement. As others examine themselves in the way I've looked at my own involvement, they will come up with different answers.
Lives differ, and lives change.
So do the needs of the time and place in which each of us lives. Now, for me as for anyone, when the situation calls for it and with my involvement I can make a difference, I have to say I'll be there. In the meantime . It depends on what we're open to receive and act upon. There are always choices to make, every moment.