They take a lot of effort to make, and the results can be, as my best friend has tactfully told me, “dark.” That’s wonderful to hear as an artist, especially as a “dark” artist, because the need to be seen is exactly why I invest so much of myself into creating this art. That brings me to finally addressing the other two-thirds of the people, the people who turn away. Perhaps it is that, but call it what you want — intense, dark, frightening, grotesque — I genuinely believe that we are losing something when we turn away from the horrible in art. That isn’t the sort of gift you get every day, and it definitely isn’t one you should turn away from.