Art Heals: Pulled Apart

We are being pulled apart. That is the title of this painting by Mona El Bayoumi, made for another time, another crisis, but so true for today’s. Those of us in isolation, in self quarantine, are pulled apart from family and friends and colleagues. We are pulled apart by our circumstances, our politics, the inequities more than ever visible in our society.
Today’s Art Heals selection makes me think about “pulling together,” a phrase perhaps cliched but apt.
I am waiting for the balance of my inbox to lean toward kindness rather than division. It is happening, but slowly. Strangers helping strangers in ways small and heroic. Solidarity in song, in poetry, in art.  Sharing, even though resources can be scarce.
 Let the diversity of our society be its strength, separate threads that hold us together, and weave a safety net that supports us through this time, not pulls us apart. Art Heals.