If you’re inclined to protest a certain injustice, you might repost a meme.

Alternatively, you could:

• Paint a mural.

• Take out a full-page ad.

• Found a non-profit enterprise.

• Plan a performance.

• Organize an event.

• Embroider a flag.

• Tell a long story with “full orchestration and five-part harmony” … once it comes around on the guitar.

When there’s inequity, the followers follow, the lawyers litigate, the writers write, the comedians tell jokes, and the artists — the artists make art.

The act of making is itself a protest, regardless of our personal, social, and political leanings. Art stands in contrast to entropy, apathy and the exaltation of utility. It is our contribution.