The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colours more vibrant, more balanced and beaming.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Personal suffering can be transformed into creative energy and vibrancy.
- In plain terms
- When life gets hard, I express it through brighter art.
- What can you take from it?
- Use creativity to cope with hardship and restore balance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you process difficult feelings?
- Where do you find brightness in dark times?
Another view
Not everyone finds healing through creative output.
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