I started writing out of that need for that river of concern. Up to that point a lot of us felt shame for what we were. That movement helped galvanize us and open us like nothing else. The late African-American activist and writer Audre Lorde has given inspiration to Harjo. Lorde's observation that any political movement that is devoid of love also lacks the key to evoke positive change resonates in Harjo's words.
People have an agenda and they forget about being flexible and they forget about acceptance.
Venturing into music with her words. Once we abandoned ourselves for television, the box that separates the dreamer from the dreaming. For Harjo it depends. Television does imagine for you, she observes. With the oral traditions you have the community working together.