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Rage: Excerpt from Visualizations for Heartbreak (Words, Photos, and Collages by Catherine Raine)


Recorded by Sean McDermott at Offaly Road Studios, 2022. Read by the author.

Once the reality of betrayal shatters the numbness, your rage awakens molten creativity and revives the blacksmiths and glassblowers of old. Your curses blast the forge and explode in the fire, where they transform into a glowing orb with fierce swirls of crimson, orange, and yellow.

The fiery globe is too hot for human hands to touch, and curious viewers must back away from its dangerous fragility. But when the orb cools, when it settles into itself, thousands will flock to this glass masterpiece, magnetized by its primal beauty.

The rage orb electrifies viewers and powerfully connects them to the anger of our hurting world, for this beautiful object has been forged and burned and spun from the rawest materials on earth: the fury of the wronged and the anguish of the betrayed.

When the orb is tilted at different angles, flashes of violence appear, open wounds that seethe beneath the fragments of a shattered heart. Critics may find your art disturbing or claim it contains glints and flints of revenge, but I say, “No, not traditional revenge or actual violence. Only the satisfaction that comes from refusing to bury pain inside. It takes courage to harness anger’s explosive energy and hurl it into a new form, sowing seeds of fire into grief’s deep furrows.”

Although the orb’s creation has not exorcised anger for good, it has given you some peace. Its presence is a testament to the value of authentic feelings, no matter how uncomfortable, sharp, or bitter. As you navigate this strange land of loss, you bring rage with you, for it is a righteous guide that divines underground springs of truth.

(Thank you Sean McDermott for making the recording! For a physical or digital copy of Visualizations for Heartbreak, please contact Catherine Raine at cafrinie@yahoo.ca).

2 replies on “Rage: Excerpt from Visualizations for Heartbreak (Words, Photos, and Collages by Catherine Raine)”

CATHERINE, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING ART AND WORDS I HAVE SEEN THAT FROM THE FIRST GLIMPSE AND SYLLABLE BRING LIFE IN THE TRUE FORM YOU BEQUEATH. THE REALIST IN ME IS OBLIGATORY FOR SOLACE. I LOVE IT ALL! SHELTON

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