![Guernica by Picasso](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/meaning-470x140.jpg?x81652)
With his painting Guernica, Picasso meant to depict the trauma—both physical and psychological—of the Second World War.
![Avalanche](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/03/by-Leonard-Cohen-284x140.jpg?x81652)
Leonard Cohen’s life long struggle with depression permeates into many of his songs and poems—Avalanche is but one instance of the artist meditating on such…