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How trauma became synonymous with authenticity

Hard to See How trauma became synonymous with authenticity Leo Kim May 09, 2022 share Image: Humans evolve to break and disappear (2005) by Darren Sylvester. Courtesy the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne and Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. http://reallifemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Hard-to-See.mp3 Full-text audio version of this essay. In her essay Regarding the Pain of Others , on images of violence and suffering, Susan Sontag famously asks: “What is the point of exhibiting these pictures? To awaken indignation? To make us feel ‘bad,’ that is, to appall and sadden? To help us mourn? … Do they

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