Even a hint of a sick sense of humour comes under attack from a lot more people these days. They seem to think it stems from lack of understanding of tough situations, when in fact it's the opposite. If you've been there, humour is the only way to come through it anywhere close to intact.
I can only admire how you use your art as therapy and expression to come to terms with what you've seen and experienced. I often wonder how anyone can manage to reintegrate into civilian life after coming back from a warzone.
Oh gosh, I had to laugh! When proofreading what I just wrote there, "warzone" had autocorrected to "sardine"!
Thanks for getting it =)
Sardines ARE hard to come back from. That salty taste is gonna stick with you for a while.
You make a good point about how people view sick humor.
Not to go all in and say ALL humor is appropriate since there's no such thing as an attitude that is always correct, but I think humor is an apt reaction for situations where there is just no easy way to talk about it, or no clean stance to have on it.