Alice Walker

As the poet, Jean Toomer, is talking to a prostitute, he explains how one day even a girl like her will have a world of opportunities, because of art. In the south many black women were so caught up in their own spirituality that many people forgot their identities, and only knew them for their beliefs. Their dreams and hopes were so powerful that the meanings were unclear to them. These beliefs forced their minds …

…to raise her five kids. All the time she spent working, she still had time to be creative. Art doesn’t have to be a painting, it can come in all sorts if unexpected forms. Like a quilt or clothes. Her mother also used to tell stories to her. These are some form of creative art. All this time people were looking for extravagant art, when it was in front of them the whole time.