Quote by Frida Kahlo: “I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim.”

Trying to escape pain — through drinking, distraction, or denial — rarely works. Grief and trauma are stubborn; they adapt to whatever you throw at them. The only way through difficult feelings is, eventually, through them.

By 1938, Kahlo had survived her near-fatal bus accident, numerous miscarriages, and a tumultuous marriage to Diego Rivera, whose infidelities caused her immense personal pain. She was beginning to gain international recognition as an artist while navigating deep private suffering.

Mexican painter whose intensely autobiographical work drew on indigenous Mexican culture, surrealism, and personal suffering to explore identity, the body, and political resistance. Her self-portraits made her one of the most recognizable and studied artists of the twentieth century.