In a new film from our Extended Play digital series—the final premiere in our Summer of Shorts programming series—artist Chris Ware shares the anxiety he feels when writing characters whose perspectives are not his own.
New Video: Chris Ware Illustrates Empathy
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Production still from the Art21 Extended Play film, "Chris Ware: Someone I'm Not." © Art21, Inc. 2017.
“I have to try to somehow push my limits and my understanding of how I feel through other people.
You risk falling on your face doing so, but that’s a risk you have to take.”
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