Whereas classical theodicies present solutions to the problem of evil using rational means and from an objective, impersonal angle, in this presentation I seek to explore lines of inquiry into the problem of evil and suffering that are rooted in subjective experience and based on non-rational or super-rational modes of awareness. Beginning with indications in certain Sufi texts that the problem of evil can only be resolved by transcending the rational plane, I then suggest that although most of us may not have direct access to this kind of awareness, a bridge towards it is made possible by art, and particularly art that is rooted in the consciousness of levels of reality that transcend the realms in which suffering occurs. In the second half of the paper, I present a contextualized case study of how this approach is used within Shi‘i mourning traditions, offering a reading of a performance of two poems (‘A Dagger on Thirsty Lips’, and ‘Save my Heart, No one Steals the Heart of My Heart-Taker’) by Hossein Fakhri in the early morning of Ashura 2010, showing how poetry, melody, and embodied practice are brought together as part of what may be considered an aesthetic theodicy. I end by considering the avenues of thought and practice that are opened up by the perspectives presented in this presentation.