Yes, and more. Failure. Gravitas is also the of death that permeates every moment of consciousness even in the moments of greatest bliss, faith, ambition, love. Some art is just a distraction from that reality and some (the best in my view) is suffused with it --reality--while also providing the distraction.
wc Is this what you mean by 'gravitas'?: - The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the rewards of hard work, honesty, and trust these are enduring truths glimpsed and judged first through the imagination, first through art. Michael Dorris
