Challenging authority at all levels is vital in our building of a healthy society. And for the creative, there is hardly a greater imperative.

In systems of education, national and local government, in work environments, sports clubs and organisations.

Wherever there are those who would assume authority over others there must be those who are willing to challenge them no matter what.

There must be, in the creative, the dissenter, the non-conformist.

Someone who is willing to stand up against authority despite the weight of its opposition and indifference of the masses.

Women and men who are prepared to highlight social injustices through their work, no matter how much negative sentiment they invite on themselves.

For where authority is allowed to exercise its power with impunity, people will suffer.

Just like generations of people did in my country under the immoral and insidious gaze of the Catholic Church.

Creative people are born non-conformists.

They are catalysts for change and must exercise their moral and creative obligation to break the rules of static and often oppressive circumstances at every opportunity.

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In my country, Ireland, the unobstructed march of the righteous, initially well-meaning in their pursuits, ultimately brought about the exact opposite to that which they preached.

The Catholic church and their unconscious disciples held high the moral benchmark for society.

So high, in fact, none of us could reach it.

The Church ruled the state.

Attention to religious doctrine dictated and drove policy with regard to everything from schooling to healthcare and beyond.

No corner of surface level Irish society could escape their insidious influence.

Things have certainly changed for the better but a hangover remains. Many adults who were on the receiving end of the church’s moral guidance still suffer.

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