No beauty without pain

Mommy issues make writers, and daddy issues make musicians. A mother who always nags, a father who always leaves; creativity blooms from a childhood of neglect, filling the empty pages with words and with beats. A writer will write of the pain and the longing. Off memories etched deep and the heart's endless thronging. A musician will play with a passion and fury. Their music a melody to the world, clear and pure. In the end, both will find solace in their work. For in writing and music they can work out their hurt.