Currently Reading: The Rest is Noise
Found this quote in The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross -“Art is the sacred torch that must shed its merciful light into all life’s terrible depths, into every shameful and sorrowful abyss; art is the divine flame that must set fire to the world, until the world with all its infamy and anguish burns and melts away in redeeming compassion.” - Thomas Mann
This starts to explain why art therapy works. Art can reach into our souls, pull out the darkest pieces of who we are and redeem them. For the artist, the struggle is validated by the creation. Any struggle, every struggle. That’s some profound stuff.
Also reading -
Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
