When the Muses are Heard: Creativity Amidst Chaos

Wars are destructive and dark events, but often, artists turn trauma, pain, and loss into creation. History, just like these days, teaches us that cultural works created under challenging moments can give us inspiration, hope, and comfort, reminding us that words, colors, and sounds have a healing and necessary power. Ya'ara Kedar invites you to a special lecture about the ability of music, art, cinema, and poetry to offer meaning in times of crisis: War singers – from Leonard Cohen to Marilyn Monroe, the poppy flower that surprisingly bloomed from the ruins, the poetry of Yehuda Amichai and Wisława Szymborska, the encouraging role of the mustache, the strange story about tattoos, and also the origin of the yellow ribbon that marks the hope for returning home.