Consolation in art
Nov 9, 2016 14:28:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Nov 9, 2016 14:28:55 GMT -5
So for WHO KNOWS WHAT REASON, today some of my thoughts are with using artwork - music, literature, dank memes, etc. - as consolation. Not necessarily comfort food type stuff. But the healing kind - art which can help you put a spirit back together, climb back up, and get goin'.
So maybe we can post two kinds of things here:
1. some of the artwork we use to lift our spirits and heal
2. more philosophically, if/how that process works for us
This morning on Twitter I chatted with Desert Dweller about how I was getting over a bad mood by listening to Mahler's Second Symphony. For those not familiar, it's about 90 minutes long, and the first 20 are tremendously depressed, angsty, and stormy, but the last 20 (especially the amazing, world-stopping last 5) are an explosion of hope and light. I need to start on the lowdown, inconsolate level that my emotions are currently at, if they're gonna have any chance of getting lifted. She had kind of the opposite feeling.
So - when you're depressed, are you consoled by artwork that's also depressing? Or by traditional "uplifting" stuff? Or by a long journey from darkness to light? Or Spaceballs? Or all of the above?
And since we're also posting things we find consoling, here's the full symphony:
And just the ending, if you're impatient (bonus: Lenny!!) (if you're REALLY impatient, skip to 2:22 but that's it - the rest is mandatory):
So maybe we can post two kinds of things here:
1. some of the artwork we use to lift our spirits and heal
2. more philosophically, if/how that process works for us
This morning on Twitter I chatted with Desert Dweller about how I was getting over a bad mood by listening to Mahler's Second Symphony. For those not familiar, it's about 90 minutes long, and the first 20 are tremendously depressed, angsty, and stormy, but the last 20 (especially the amazing, world-stopping last 5) are an explosion of hope and light. I need to start on the lowdown, inconsolate level that my emotions are currently at, if they're gonna have any chance of getting lifted. She had kind of the opposite feeling.
So - when you're depressed, are you consoled by artwork that's also depressing? Or by traditional "uplifting" stuff? Or by a long journey from darkness to light? Or Spaceballs? Or all of the above?
And since we're also posting things we find consoling, here's the full symphony:
And just the ending, if you're impatient (bonus: Lenny!!) (if you're REALLY impatient, skip to 2:22 but that's it - the rest is mandatory):
