Susanna Fournier - Thought #7 - Confronting the Wound

When was the last time you saw a dangerous piece of art? ted witzel, a long-time collaborator of mine, was asked this yesterday and then he asked me. It's pretty rare in my experience. I want processes of making art to be safe but I don't want art to be "safe". A lot of people have called my work triggering. I write about power and its abuses, so this comes with the territory. I write towards reclamation. Part of healing is confronting the wound. I try to make artistic containers where we can be braver together. Safe art doesn't ask me to confront anything - it doesn't invite me to remember how brave I can be. And bravery, like hope, is something - I think - we have to practice.