There's a Reason for the Teardrops on All Great Art

Becky Smith writes in a Dec. 2 letter that Taylor Swift’s “continuous melodious message of failed relationships isn’t healthy for the young women who idolize her.” But hasn’t art always had this message? Unrequited love inspired Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” half the pop songs of the 1960s and almost anything by Barry Manilow. It takes passion and a good cry to make great art.

Susan DeBartolo