I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art holds the power to mend things: join, comfort, inspire hope in fellowship, reconcile us to our selves.
Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we
have souls in the first place.
Tilda Swinton’s spectacular speech at the Rothko Chapel.
Couple with Alain de Botton on how art can save your soul and Jeanette Winterson on the paradox of active surrender – possibly the greatest essay on art ever written – then see Rothko himself on the transcendent power of art.
(Thanks, Amanda)
you’ve heard of mom friends now get ready for: Anti-mom friend. they suggest every single impulsive thought that runs thru their head like “hey what if you jumped in that pond in the middle of the night” to the group while the mom friend begs them to stop
eldest sibling friend
