Against Happy
Arguing the Upside of Being Down
I spied this article and pondered. I feel that there is a grain of truth to the author's point of view. "Against Happiness" by Eric G. Wilson excerpt states that some of the creative nature is driven by melancholy. I especially am drawn to this paragraph:
Melancholia pushes against the easy "either/or" of the status quo. It thrives in unexplored middle ground between oppositions, in the "both/and." It fosters fresh insights into relationships between oppositions, especially that great polarity life and death. It encourages new ways of conceiving and naming the mysterious connections between antinomies. It returns us to innocence, to irony, that ability, temporary, to play in potential without being constrained to the actual. Such respites from causality refresh our relationship to the world, grant us beautiful vistas, energize our hearts and our minds.
I wonder what others think about this concept?
I spied this article and pondered. I feel that there is a grain of truth to the author's point of view. "Against Happiness" by Eric G. Wilson excerpt states that some of the creative nature is driven by melancholy. I especially am drawn to this paragraph:
Melancholia pushes against the easy "either/or" of the status quo. It thrives in unexplored middle ground between oppositions, in the "both/and." It fosters fresh insights into relationships between oppositions, especially that great polarity life and death. It encourages new ways of conceiving and naming the mysterious connections between antinomies. It returns us to innocence, to irony, that ability, temporary, to play in potential without being constrained to the actual. Such respites from causality refresh our relationship to the world, grant us beautiful vistas, energize our hearts and our minds.
I wonder what others think about this concept?