© Nabila Ayu Aviani, 2024.
“Anger is pain", oil paint on canvas, 80 cm x 120 cm, 2024.
The lightning striking the figure represents the intensity of anger and how painful that
intensity can be. Psychological studies show that anger is a protective secondary
emotion, beneath anger reveals a layer of emotion which can be grief, sadness, disappointment, etc, to which all are painful. Therefore, anger is pain because it is an
emotion that would not exist without pain.
Anger is pain. Anger is passion.
Anger is a machine that drives us to self-destruction. Do we choose destructive anger
or do we choose to take a few calming deep breaths?