Posted by West on October 23, 2008, at 7:14:18
In reply to Re: Beauty and sadness » West, posted by Marty on October 22, 2008, at 21:52:04
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> I sense that the beauty being more accessible in sadness could be called 'morbid beauty' .. where into depression the death of the ego allows to feel more of the beauty in the world.. where the contrast between the ugly and the beautiful is increased because everything ordinary is looking dark and ugly... then only beautiful got our attention as the rest is dirt, including our innerself.. our ego.The sadness is melancholy (one of the four temperaments or 'tempers' in old parlance where the other four are phlegmatic, sanguine & choleric). Duhrer's famous etching (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia) provides some kind of idea of the common perceptions of this. It probably represents a middle stage in the depressive spectrum where sadness exists but without rumination. This allows for the expansion or reflection.
major depression is like an absence of air or adequate cushioning between you and the world. Each noise grates, every motion assults stillness + the mind turns in on itself.
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