An important thing about symbolization and trauma is that they are opposites, and that is what makes art so special:  It takes trauma, something that by definition cuts us off from community and from symbols, and turns it into something that is collectively shareable. It produces symbolization when for most of us symbolization seems impossible, More

The post What’s Going On: Personal and Racial Trauma in the Music of Marvin Gaye appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This post was originally published on CounterPunch.org.