I’ve described what defines courageous art but I want people to experience it themselves.

This thread will gather works that go beyond entertainment and pleasure by having the courage to reach for depth.

I don’t think art is one size fits all; different things affect us differently.

Yet, the courage to create art with honesty and depth transcends taste.

I hope this thread is a path to the desperately needed beauty and awe so much “art” often lacks.

A goosebumps-inducing song.

Smart lyrics that sing the beauty of the most vulnerable act — giving.

A haunting, ecstatic melody that boils and grows like the desire to give to those we love.

A masterpiece of creative courage.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZPZLaYjIPxfun7erbbw98?si=q1g5wNZcR6iHeiwLkXbtEQ #NowPlaying

No lyrics; the melody voices a message more clear than words.

Somber, curious, sentimental, comfort that knows it can only see your pain, not absolve it.

The sound of awe at a world of simultaneous beauty and pain. The sound of the courage to feel. https://open.spotify.com/track/2Bc4llhjJBW77I552RgA3L?si=GqTqbc7OTjC-f4msd6kYLQ

We rarely see each other. We see groups identities, appearances; we see another in relation to ourselves.

Abramović mass produced the rare moment we see someone for their whole being, not merely as a step in the path of our own life.

The result was a devastating truth.

The Artist is Present was a perfect visual of Buber’s I/Thou — the rare but purely powerful moment we see a person for all they are unto themselves.

We’re always fitting people into our world. Seeing another means seeing them beyond simply their role in our world.