People looking at artwork done by Holocaust artists often notice something interesting. Artists who started out in one certain medium often switched to another by the end of their career. What could have been the explanation? Well, an artist who worked in oils could only do so as long as he had the supplies, which were not often available in the ghettos where Jewish people were placed. Often that artist would then take up charcoal until he was moved to a concentration camp, where even there many would continue on with only pencil and paper. The point? The persecutors could not suppress these artists, or their creative spirits. They would just change their medium.
What about you? Are you allowing what life throws at you to suppress who you are? Or have you learned to simply change your medium...
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