Posted by Marty on October 22, 2008, at 21:52:04
In reply to Re: Beauty and sadness, posted by West on October 22, 2008, at 17:22:25
The link between sadness and beauty is 'Romanticism'. Anyone thinking romanticism is only related to love between a man and a woman may want to visit Wikipedia.
Also the falls is beautiful, yet sad... and is the romantics season by far. That said there's more than preferential romanticism in falls .. there's also mandatory sadness for some in the form of S.A.D (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
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.
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