Alice Greczyn Instagram – You are allowed to make art out of your pain. Comedic art, dramatic art, erotic art, and offensive art. You are allowed to pry open old wounds and lick them with laughter. You are allowed to highlight scars old and fresh and tattoo them with beauty. You are allowed to fictionalize your story or tell the rawness of your truth. You are allowed to share it. You are allowed to keep it private. You are allowed to profit from it or donate it for free.
I’ve said before: Art is what transforms the world. Art is what heals humanity. Art is what persuades a mind to change. Not politics, not lectures, and not data, however much I personally wish these would speak for themselves. When the ideas these provoke are accompanied by art—whether a bold, graphic text or a months-long painting or a years-long film—the impact of their reach extends further than their information alone.
You may think you’re not artistic. Do you cook? Do you invent? Do you build Legos, plan parties, or decorate your home? Do you streamline and condense, or maximize and whimsify? Do you debate? Do you structure? I have yet to meet a person who wasn’t creative in some way, however not-artistically they may think of themselves.
Not all art will resonate with everyone. It’s not supposed to. Art is a risk and speaks most to those who can relate. Taste is subjective and impact is immeasurable.
So keep making your art, whatever it is. You never know whom you will reach and how much you will help to heal them. ❤️
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📷: @ryanessmaker | Posted on 01/Apr/2024 05:29:41
