“You are all talking about art. What about a lost soul?”

But Art IS talking about the soul – not only talking about it, but displaying it. What resonates with the viewer of Art, describes that portion of their soul. And what the artist executes into their Art, displays what motivates their soul – and therein lays the source of the visceral “Oh! No!” that we all felt on hearing of this ‘project’; the reflexive drawing back of your conscious attention, as when you hear of a school bus accident, you can’t let your mind go too far into such images.

This person did this… with guidance, deliberately… purposively, under cover of education and art, and with it not only are fatherhood, motherhood and childhood assaulted, but all thoughts of what Matthew Arnold called “Sweetness and Light” or the Good, the Beautiful and the True – all are devoured by the mere concept of this. The thought of what must be missing from her mangled soul is more horrifying than her project, or even of thinking upon a school bus accident.

Taking that darkness out from within her and displaying it for all to see… that is not art, that is a black hole of soul. Careful not to let your mind approach too near it.