{"id":11541,"date":"2022-04-12T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=11541"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:04:13","slug":"jon-batiste-radar-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/jon-batiste-radar-and-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Batiste, radar, and writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Batiste.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11543\" width=\"337\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Batiste.jpg 625w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jon-Batiste-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption>Jon Batiste<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I believe this to my core, there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor,&#8221; he began. &#8220;The creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most. It&#8217;s like a song or an album is made and it&#8217;s almost like it has a radar to find the person when they need it the most.&#8221; \u2014 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jonbatiste.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.jonbatiste.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Batiste<\/a>, during his 2022 Grammy winner for best album acceptance speech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think writing can be included in the creative arts category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we\u2019re lucky, our writing radar picks up news and events when we need them to enhance our writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that includes writing communities like <a href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Write Spot.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome! I\u2019m so glad you are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/resources.php\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/resources.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Write Spot Resources Page<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing Blogs and Websites<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Places to submit writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing magazines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/about.php\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/about.php\" target=\"_blank\">Marlene<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#justwrite  #iamwriting  #iamawriter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I believe this to my core, there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor,&#8221; he began. &#8220;The creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most. 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