The Subversiveness of Art

We need more storytellers.

In Gladwell's newest book, The Revenge of the Tipping Point, he discusses overstory, a metaphor he employs and returns to throughout the book. An overstory is a term that refers to the canopy of a forest that absorbs the much-needed sun and casts a shadow on everything below. The ability for new growth to take place is diminished.

This is a metaphor he uses throughout every story he tells. Gladwell has a unique cadence to his writing. He weaves in and out of generally...