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What does it mean?
Music and love are presented as sources of salvation that can elevate someone out of dark times.
In plain terms
Songs and love help lift me up from darkness.
What can you take from it?
Art and connection provide relief from suffering.

Where it applies

  • healing process
  • music therapy
  • comforting others

Putting it to work

  • turn to art for support
  • lean on loved ones

Questions to consider

  • What lifts you out of darkness?
  • How does art help you?

Another view

Not everyone finds solace in music or relationships.

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