Friday, July 14, 2017

Count Your Blessings JA


I was talking to an artist yesterday and she said she could only make art out of the anguish of her soul and couldn’t bear the burden of it.  Why, I thought, is the ability to artistically make sense of anguish a burden?  Better the soul whose anguish is born artistically than the wretch who carries it in the dark of their faith in their soul.  All art is borne out of the intensity of the personal human experience, at times anguish but at others ecstasy.  All other works are at best decoration with no purpose other than to match a couch. 


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