Moved to tears
   Probing the mystery of art's emotional power

   Steven Winn, Chronicle Arts and Culture Critic

   It happened every night at the Geary Theater during the recent run
   of "For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again." Someone will do it soon
   in front of "The Russian Bride's Attire" at the Palace of the Legion
   of Honor.  Expect it at the symphony, the multiplex or at home with
   a book or television program.

   Art makes people cry.  They feel it welling up in their throats and
   stinging their eyes.  They fight it or let it come, in trickles or
   welcome torrents.  "To weep," said Shakespeare, "is to make less the
   depth of grief." ...

     http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/11/DD214485.DTL

   and

     http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/06/11/DD119501.DTL

 [sorry about the Chron's long URLs, almost certain to break; they are bad
enough to make you cry]

Janos Gereben/SF
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