Like most people, I never write back on Substack, but this piece really moved me. I have been in permanent grief mode since Covid, which aged me in terrible ways. I had a certain invincibility before it that I don't have now. And I am no less healthy in significant ways. But I really know how online friends are real friends because I am still on Clubhouse. And I have been going through divorces and cancer diagnoses, and so on. But I did to to see the Taylor Swift movie and I could not believe the interaction between Swift and her fans. It's connection through art, as you way. Wish we still had G3.
This was beautiful, Elisa. Thank you for reminding me to seek and find comfort in the performing arts. Grateful for our online friendship and our community.
Dec 13, 2023·edited Dec 13, 2023Liked by Elisa Camahort Page
Thanks for the thoughtful post. The relationship between grief and the arts makes sense... grief is seldom a rational, quantifiable thing. It makes sense that such an intuition based thing like the arts are one of the most effective tools to explore what is happening within us. There was a Rabbi interviewed on a Podcast a while back who spoke of grief coming in waves... it flows in and flows out. And there was something powerful about looking at grief through that lens. Knowing that it will ebb and flow is helpful when I'm at flood stage. An old boyfriend committed suicide back in 1991 and there is a song that he'd written the lyrics out in calligraphy in a letter to me. Whenever I hear that song, I remember the pain, but I also remember the good things as well. Art can reach complicated, nuanced places that are inaccessible otherwise.
Like most people, I never write back on Substack, but this piece really moved me. I have been in permanent grief mode since Covid, which aged me in terrible ways. I had a certain invincibility before it that I don't have now. And I am no less healthy in significant ways. But I really know how online friends are real friends because I am still on Clubhouse. And I have been going through divorces and cancer diagnoses, and so on. But I did to to see the Taylor Swift movie and I could not believe the interaction between Swift and her fans. It's connection through art, as you way. Wish we still had G3.
Thank you for these words. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
This was beautiful, Elisa. Thank you for reminding me to seek and find comfort in the performing arts. Grateful for our online friendship and our community.
Beautiful, ☀️
Thanks for the thoughtful post. The relationship between grief and the arts makes sense... grief is seldom a rational, quantifiable thing. It makes sense that such an intuition based thing like the arts are one of the most effective tools to explore what is happening within us. There was a Rabbi interviewed on a Podcast a while back who spoke of grief coming in waves... it flows in and flows out. And there was something powerful about looking at grief through that lens. Knowing that it will ebb and flow is helpful when I'm at flood stage. An old boyfriend committed suicide back in 1991 and there is a song that he'd written the lyrics out in calligraphy in a letter to me. Whenever I hear that song, I remember the pain, but I also remember the good things as well. Art can reach complicated, nuanced places that are inaccessible otherwise.
Thank you for this beautiful post, Elisa. I'm so very sorry for your loss.