Can an artwork make you cry?

Have you ever walked up to a work of art and just reacted without even thinking about it? Have you laughed, scoffed, or cried? I’ve done all three at various times. That’s the magic of art. It brings so many different emotions out of us. Sometimes those emotions are ones we’ve had locked away for a while. If looking at art can evoke such emotion, imagine feeling an emotion and then putting it into an artwork.

Today, create an artwork about something that moves you to tears. Those tears can be happy, sad, bittersweet, or anything in between. Perhaps, if you shared your creation with someone they would connect with the emotion you’ve put forward and be moved as well. Let go, have fun, and be well. 

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.
– François Delsarte