My neighborhood coffee shop now boasts a little community library, to which I just contributed some on-brand nerdy sci-fi - judging by the number of bespectacled weirdos in tracksuits within anachronistic iPod throwing distance, I imagine my contribution will go down a storm. And when was the last time you read the phrase “go down a storm”?

Nashville can be a tough town. Commoditizing art is confusing, and the spirit governing uninhibited creativity becomes muted out of sheer self-preservation.

Today, what can I - can we - do to encourage community, and reinforce that sharing is paramount to growth?