"The rich and happy can choose to keep silent,
no need to bid for attention.
But the desperate must reveal themselves,
must say: I am blind
or: I am going blind
or: It’s not good for me here on Earth
or: My child is sick
or: I’m not holding it together…

But when is that really enough?
So, lest people pass them by like objects,
sometimes they sing.

And sometimes their songs are beautiful"

—

Rainer Maria Rilke

Book of Images