Art as Witness

Elka Amorim, Ink and watercolor

Inspiration, joy, loneliness, anger, fear--as well as we can understand these in ourselves, we can begin to act compassionately in our relationships with others; this is divine witness... which is one of the gifts of any art form, enabling us to glimpse something in ourselves we might not otherwise have noticed. I am grateful that people (artists, dancers, writers, musicians,...) take risks every day to dive deep into the Unknown and see what they find there, then share it with the rest of us.