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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
by Dominic Smith
Grief comes at us all at some point. It's an unbalanced emotion though. It's more like a force than an emotion in a way. It's a boulder on your chest, making breath difficult.
It makes me think, the imbalance of grief. Each emotion has a nearly equal opposite. Love could be it's counterweight. But love has hate,and all the other baggage it carries. There's Elation. But that's so fleeting that it can hardly compare to Grief. Euphoria? Not equal unless sustained unnaturally through chemicals.
Why is Grief such a destabilizer? I don't have the answer, but I know the answer is found, at least partially, in artwork. Art had an abundance of grief... and desire, but the two are on the same spectrum. To desire something is a grievance that you cannot or do not contain that something.
So, a transcendent and creative art piece communicates so much grief that it takes it away from the artist. At least, in part.
This book? It was great. It raised a lot of questions, and I enjoyed the fiction this author built around the artworks.
It makes me think, the imbalance of grief. Each emotion has a nearly equal opposite. Love could be it's counterweight. But love has hate,and all the other baggage it carries. There's Elation. But that's so fleeting that it can hardly compare to Grief. Euphoria? Not equal unless sustained unnaturally through chemicals.
Why is Grief such a destabilizer? I don't have the answer, but I know the answer is found, at least partially, in artwork. Art had an abundance of grief... and desire, but the two are on the same spectrum. To desire something is a grievance that you cannot or do not contain that something.
So, a transcendent and creative art piece communicates so much grief that it takes it away from the artist. At least, in part.
This book? It was great. It raised a lot of questions, and I enjoyed the fiction this author built around the artworks.