[Vulnerability & Power - XII]
Art is vulnerable. Especially sharing it publicly.
All other means of communication can serve as a mote of protection around our fortified inner lives. Art is only hung in the hallways and rooms at the center of our castle.
Perhaps this is why it can render pain beautiful, loneliness a shared experience, and despair hopeful.
Consider songwriting. It’s never only about one breakup or death or loss; it’s about all our breakups and losses. The artist lets us all into their pain that we might discover the words that render our darkness a little lighter and our pain more bearable.
Art is vulnerable, and in it is the power to connect—the first step toward healing.
