My friend Janet once told me, “Turn your pain into art.” Without pain, there is no depth to creative work. It’s empty.
Contemporary examples in music are:
- Rihanna: Love on the Brain
- Adele: Rolling in the Deep
- Beyonce: Lemonade (the entire album)
- Alanis Morrissette: You Oughta Know
- Lizzo: Truth Hurts
- Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
Quoting Mocha Angels Day 69, these artists have transmuted even bitter and heart-breaking experiences and conditions of life into spiritual loveliness.
So take what hurts and put it into song, poetry, photography, visual art, books, videos, or whatever you love.
Ms. Mocha Angel 