Ms. lauryn hill

Mixed Media — Hand cut, pasted and scanned.

A representation of her fall from fame. Lauryn’s loss of passion between her and her art due to the toxic environment of the industry has made her career one of the most controversial moments in music history. After releasing ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ at just 23 years old, Lauryn wasn’t ready for fame. It tarnished the sacred relationship she had with making music — causing Miseducation to be her one and only studio album.

The relationship between art and the artist is a duality, a constant push and pull of idea, emotion and energy. Things like money, power and clout can block that transfer of energy and morph a sacred relationship into something much more volatile.

I’ve always wondered what the music world would look like if we had saved Lauryn Hill. What music she would be making today. Who her collaborators would be. Maybe even another Fugee’s project — who knows? But what’s certain is that art has the ability to either heal us, or consume us. And it’s how one approaches that obstacle that separates an artist from a great one.

“When I have a creative insight, there’s a high…you could argue it’s like a creative addiction — but, you know, the healthy kind.” - Lauryn Hill