Maybe! Somehow it's easier to find hope when everything else is going bad than when everything else is going well? Like, I find a lot of these dark paintings also have something hopeful in them.
That makes sense! Without the dark, there is no light. And vice versa. To experience hope, we need suffering. Even though it sucks and you do not want that, but growth happens through pains. When life is neutral, we do not appreciate it as much.
Amazing paintings! I'm especially drawn to Zdzisław Beksiński's art. Like you, I'm hopeful and optimistic, but the darkness in art just beckons.
Doesn't it just?! I still don't understand why though.
Personally, I feel catharsis through darkness. And it makes me see things with more light and clarity. Maybe something similar for you?
Maybe! Somehow it's easier to find hope when everything else is going bad than when everything else is going well? Like, I find a lot of these dark paintings also have something hopeful in them.
That makes sense! Without the dark, there is no light. And vice versa. To experience hope, we need suffering. Even though it sucks and you do not want that, but growth happens through pains. When life is neutral, we do not appreciate it as much.