Art is the only thing…
I like sad music and sad books and sad stories. Maybe just because it makes it feel more universal. Like you’re not the only one whose felt like that. Or maybe in comparison it makes all your less than perfect moments seem not so heavy. “If she can survive that than this isn’t that bad.” You know, that sort of mentality. I think there’s a little more to it though. At least for me. Sad songs can be beautiful and sad stories, poetic. I guess knowing that something good can come out of our little pieces of suffering makes them feel not so ugly and not so worthless and like there’s something strangely worthwhile in soldiering through it.
“Art is the only thing that can go on mattering after it has stopped hurting.” <— My favorite quote.
This should be in your book!