Complaints Choirs

Recently I learned about Complaints Choirs. The first was a choir in Birmingham, England, created by two artists who wanted to "transform the huge energy that people put into complaining into something else... something powerful."They were inspired by a Finnish expression "complaints choir," a group of people complaining simultaneously. (Sidebar: I love this expression and think I'm going to start using it.)I don't know how I feel about these choirs, whether they're elevating or transforming or helping to eliminate complaining. But whatever the effect, it's pretty striking to listen to a performance of commonly heard daily complaints.