"I am suggesting . . . that you see your pain with its integrity. I am not saying that you should accept it, or dwell or indulge in it; I am saying you should see it, just as you can see the sunrise or the sunset. Your pain can be a source, like the color blue, or orange for that matter. It can be one of your colors; it can be a tool." Anna Deveare Smith, from Letters to a Young Artist
