Themes
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
— Stella Adler
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker sees life as a force that flattens and wears people down, leaving the soul bruised. Art, in this view, works as a reminder: it shows a person that an inner self still exists beneath the pressure and is worth attending to.
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