October 2010
15 posts
Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative (The Frontal... →
psychotherapy:
For thousands of years, people have speculated that there’s some correlation between sadness and creativity, so that people who are a little bit miserable (think Van Gogh, or Dylan in 1965, or Virginia Woolf) are also the most innovative. Aristotle was there first, stating in the 4th century B.C.E. “that all men who have attained excellence in philosophy, in poetry, in art and in...
Patty Griffin-You Never Get What You Want
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“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...”
– Bukowski (via lazypilgrim)
Love this. Thanks, J.
