Photo: HR, Hard Art Gallery, 9/15/79, from Hard Art, DC 1979, copyright 2013 by Lucian Perkins, used with permission of Akashic Books.
No less than Plato first wrote the words, “A true creator is necessity, which is the mother of our invention,” acknowledging the fundamental human drive to solve problems. As recent history attests, conditions of lack have provided the most fertile grounds for originality, ingenuity, and innovation.
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Consider Washington, D.C. circa 1979. The nation’s capital had not yet recovered from the riots of 1968, which broke out following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For six days, the riots raged in response to the horrific living conditions for the predominantly African American population, with Dr. King’s murder acting as the tipping point.
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