Why did I name this blog "Art and Pain of Being a Woman"? Because when you look at the definitions of art and pain it seems to perfectly summarize a lot of the what goes into becoming a woman. Look at Merriam-Webster's definition of art and pain and see if you don't see a lot of what it means to be a woman in those definitions. There is unmistakable pain that goes with being or identifying as a woman. And often that pain is the medium with which women transform into art. Art of creating, existing, flourishing, nurturing, suffering, and protecting. The pain of oppression, difference, motherhood, femininity, and non-conformity. Together these two things help create something wonderous... Woman!
1: skill acquired by experience, study, or observation
2a : a branch of learning:
(1) : one of the humanities
3: an occupation requiring knowledge or skill
4a : the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects: a skillful plan: the quality or state of being artful (see artful 2a) : decorative or illustrative elements in printed matter
2a : usually localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (such as a disease or an injury); also : a basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leading to evasive action
b : acute mental or emotional distress or suffering : grief
