Life is beautiful, 2023 |
| Mixed Media |
| Pi Artworks |
Description
When I feel bad, a friend appears next to me who claims that life is beautiful despite everything. This is, of course, an indication of a humane attitude. I’m sure many of us have experienced such situations. We continue to live by making ourselves accept the content of this sentence, find new excitements, start over as if we had no other choice. Thus, we get out of that suffocating mood, forget what we are questioning and return to the flow of ordinary life. We get better and better. So how does the absence of suffering help us increase our awareness? Is the absence of suffering enough for individuals and communities to thrive? What would make life worth living if all negative conditions disappeared? I do not claim that life is ugly or bad, but I do not know how much longer I can convince myself of the lie that ‘life is beautiful’.
Celebrating life increases our resilience. It increases to such an extent that almost any bad situation becomes bearable, and we begin to contemplate and cease to oppose or rebel. “Life is beautiful” after all.
Mehmet Ali Uysal
