As we’ve navigated the last ten months, art has served two main purposes: to comfort and to comment. Arguably, these are often arts’ somewhat dichotomic emphases, no matter the era, but as we wrestle with our society’s value—or devaluation—of arts, with rampant artist unemployment or relief, loss of venue and access, stressed with uncertainty and isolation, […]
We forget, too often, that love and grief are two sides of the same coin. If you love, you will, eventually, grieve; if you do not grieve, you have not loved. With the legend of Orfeo and Euridice, we see that inevitability played out. The popular myth, featuring the demi-god of song and a beautiful […]
