Notes to self on art
Art: The Comfort and the Catalyst Art, in all its forms, has this uncanny ability to meet us exactly where we are, then take us somewhere we didn’t expect to go. It comforts us when life feels like an unrelenting storm, and it shakes us awake when we’ve grown too comfortable, too complacent. It’s like a mirror that not only reflects but refracts, bending our reality into something new, something we need to see—whether we want to or not. You’ve probably heard the phrase: “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” It’s one of those truths that resonates