Yo-Yo Ma on why he isn't worried about support for the arts faltering post-pandemic

Yo-Yo Ma said he wasn't worried in the long term about a decline in support for the arts during the pandemic because artists -- musicians, poets, actors, illustrators, among others -- can still provide a service that affect people's collective well-being.

As priorities shift toward more immediate needs during the pandemic, the celebrated cellist told the PBS NewsHour that people can turn to artists for resilience during the crisis by going back to basic values and telling the truth.

That resilience can be created by "making sure that whatever you do, you are building trust," Ma said of artists, adding that they ought to make sure "that no matter what you do, you’re trying to do something in the service of somebody else because that’s why you’re on Earth."

Ma said, during this time, it was a "good moment to consider what kind of world we actually want to live in, and to serve certain needs."

"How do I give from substance to actually create a better world in this great American experiment?" he asked.

Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG
Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

Follow us:
Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour
Snapchat: @pbsnews

Subscribe:
PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts
Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

Видео Yo-Yo Ma on why he isn't worried about support for the arts faltering post-pandemic канала PBS NewsHour