Tyra Juliette Schwartz: The Sky Is Red, and Teaching Self-Trust

Tyra Juliette Schwartz was nine when a teacher told her she would grow up to be a waitress. It was not said kindly, and it was not said about waitressing. She carried it, and it did not turn out to be true, and the reason she brings it up is that a child that age has no defense against an adult's verdict except one: some sense, already built, that she is allowed to disagree. Our guest is Tyra Juliette Schwartz, a performing artist who has toured internationally for most of her life and is now...