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I have experienced and know of friends who have experienced the iost wildly ranging reactions, emotional and psychological, to spending ten+ minutes in meditation at the Rothko Chapel.
Some people find it very liberating, the giant purple and black canvases perfectly "clearing" conscious thought, allowing for a type of euphoria in some people. others, the exact opposite happens. The space and the paintings act to expose the core of someone, in a very real way. I have friends who have gotten extremely agitated, as if the artworks are attacking them personally.
I have myself felt both profound sadness and grief, as well as uplifting clarity at the Rothko chapel.
My brother, who is by nature a sad and "dark" individual, cannot vist the Rothko chapel anymore becaus eit truly depresses him. It seems to open up inside him all his fear and sorrow at the state of the world, at how humans treat each other and the hopelessness of it, in his mind.
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