I recently read this article about the changing face of the arts in Belfast. This resurgence of arts and theatre is just an extraordinary thing to see. I've always been a little leery to travel to Northern Ireland. I know, in my head, that the scars are still there from the conflicts, whereas the conflicts have pretty much vanished. But in my heart (and this is a terrible thing to admit) but I hear "Bloody Sunday" by U2 whenever I think of this beautiful country. That all ends today!
This change in outlook is what makes this cultural uprising so exciting. In a world that's literally exploding each day with conflict and war, they're using creativity to rebuild the broken sections of their world. I would give my left arm to be a part of a project like that! Between live theatre, and paintings, and museum installations, how exciting must it be to live in the middle of all this growth, after living through such pain and tumult?
Like the article says, they're choosing to focus on their bright future instead of the painful past and isn't that just (for lack of a more intelligent word) awesome?!
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