Translating pain into color is powerful; it also calls for care. Work at a tolerable distance, pause if imagery intensifies distress, and seek therapeutic support when needed. Obtain consent when using others’ stories, and frame exhibitions with context notes so viewers can choose how to engage. Consider practices that honor repair, not only rupture—kintsugi’s gilded seams, for instance, model how breaks can be integrated without erased. In this spirit, Gibran’s invitation is finally hopeful: by coloring pain with honesty and responsibility, we do more than display hurt—we craft pathways where feeling becomes understanding, and understanding becomes communal healing. [...]
