“The only way people can really describe pain is to objectify it.”
One of my favorite songs, “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls has a line saying “Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive”. Pain is an essential part of being human. It helps us to grow and learn from our mistakes. Without it, people can end up causing excessive harm to themselves physically, mentally, and spiritually without realizing it.
Pain is usually associated with a physical feeling. When I first read this quote I immediately thought of patients in a hospital having to describe their level of pain using the pain chart showing different levels of discomfort/aggression. Even emotional pain (ex. heartbreak) is expressed through actions such as crying.
“When people forge tools or build things, they are often trying to alleviate discomfort. But first they must define the discomfort”
In high school I took business and scientific research classes. When deciding on a business plan or research project, my teachers always told me to look for a solution to a problem. Discomfort provides inspiration and reason for a creator to go “outside the box”. Without discomfort, people have no reason to change. As a creator, I have to take into account other people’s perspective to successfully portray the right emotion in a work of art or address a given issue.
