Yes, yes, and I still think that. But I also didn't think from the perspective that there are certain changes we can enact to see what this city will do about it that isn't crime. Art is a matter of self-expression. Self-expression by itself is not a crime.

[ kaveh says this firmly. nilou, after all, had been nearly persecuted for what she did to help liberate the country - but her art remained at the core merely a way for her to bring happiness to the people. the act of doing so isn't a crime, or shouldn't be. that the differentiation is like so hurts kaveh's heart. ] I have my next project cut out for me, then. I suspect it's something that only I will be able to do.