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Ep. 211 – Real Life Series with Sarah Ruhl

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

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The Art of Suffering

The idea that art only comes through great suffering really neglects joy. The tragic impulse is more solipsistic and play and humor, I think, are wonderful correctives. To be in a kind of ritual space, we're communally acknowledging that everybody suffers. That's so beautiful.

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