‘Negativity’, 2011, digital.

People are afraid and thus trying to stay away from any negative emotions. They’re afraid of pain, anger, bitterness, or jealousy. They choose instead to fill their life with more positive things: happiness, good spirit, enthusiasm.

But one cannot stare at the sun for too long without getting blind. To linger and stay forever in positive things is false hope, a fool and dangerous thing to do. They’ll blind you eventually. That’s why we need a little exposure to darkness.

For all I know, negative emotions can also motivate us. You can be disgusted by anger or hostility, or speak about how bitterness brings only bad results, but the fact is, some people motivated by pain and anger to move forward in life. They channeled their aggression towards something constructive, make the most out of it and in the process, transformed themselves into a better person.  Some of the greatest creations in life originated from heartbreaks and sickness, from jealousy and revenge. Negativity, taken from another viewpoint, is also a fuel to the engine of life.

Destruction isn’t the ending, it’s a beginning of something.