Art, like a skilled masseur

on a playing-field, is always

standing by to help casualties;

and just as a masseur does,

its ministrations ease up

the tensions of the psyche's

musculature, that is why it

always goes for the sore places,

its fingers pressing upon the

knotted muscles, the tendon

afflicted with cramp - the sins,

perversions, displeasing points

which we are reluctant to accept.

Revealing them with harsh

kindness it unravels the tensions,

relaxes the psyche.

(Lawrence Durrell)