What are the main points in Alice Walker's "In Search of Our others Mothers' Gardens?"

Many specific points of interest emerge from Walker's
collection of essays.  I think that one of the most overwhelming is that the artist's
journey is one the embraces freedom to construct both their own identity and the shape
of their world.  Walker delves into this through reflection about self and society.  At
the same time, one of the critical points that arises from the work is that the current
artist owes a great deal to those that preceded and as large of a debt to those who
follow. Walker stresses that the artist is not isolated from a social and political
commitment to others.  This takes the form of being able to identify forces that compel
one to model themselves in the light of others.  For example, Dr. King is one such model
for Walker, herself.  Another is the role of other writers such as Hurston.  In this
light, Walker creates both a sense of intellectual intertextuality and a sense of
solidarity between those that precede the artist and those that follow.  This creates a
powerful dynamic where one understands their own artistic freedom, but also grasps the
need to guide it towards end that connect the artist to others.