@Lionel-Hutz said
I mean neither depression nor 'feeling low'.
What I mean is hardcore, deep, constant sadness. That shadow living in the border between ennui and despair.
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@Lionel-Hutz saidIsn't that called depression?
I mean neither depression nor 'feeling low'.
What I mean is hardcore, deep, constant sadness. That shadow living in the border between ennui and despair.
@AttilaTheHorn saidHeh. Depends on the music. Some kinds can crush a good mood like a kick in the teeth.
"When gripping griefs the heart doth wound
And doleful dumps the mind oppress,
Then music with her silver sound
With speedy help doth lend redress."
-- Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Sc. 5)
@moonbus saidAh. Schopenhauer. The metaphysical idealist who anticipated the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics almost 200 years before it was popularized by Carlo Rovelli.
No, there is no cure, in the sense of becoming immune to it. One will always be a risk of sadness, because sadness is part of the human condition. Just as one will always be at risk of disappointment, injury, and death. To be human is be vulnerable. However, one can learn to not let sadness be the ruling principle of one’s life.
“The fruit of life is not happiness, but experience.” Arthur Schopenhauer
@Soothfast saidThis is true, the odd thing being that (I find) some upbeat music can make a low moment worse, whereas certain melancholic music can lift you out of it. If I'm having a 'feeling sorry for myself' moment, a bit of Enya does it for me, or Sandy Denny in her 'sad refrain' mode. Cheers me up no end, weird. Abba at their worst can destroy my state of mind wherever it starts from.
Heh. Depends on the music. Some kinds can crush a good mood like a kick in the teeth.
It should be noted that I'm from the old school, being a person of advanced years, there are probably modern equivalents...
@Indonesia-Phil saidI've been enjoying Heather Rigdon lately. But she's an acquired taste. You might have to understand female psychology to "get" it.
This is true, the odd thing being that (I find) some upbeat music can make a low moment worse, whereas certain melancholic music can lift you out of it. If I'm having a 'feeling sorry for myself' moment, a bit of Enya does it for me, or Sandy Denny in her 'sad refrain' mode. Cheers me up no end, weird. Abba at their worst can destroy my state of mind wherever it starts ...[text shortened]... I'm from the old school, being a person of advanced years, there are probably modern equivalents...
Renee Olmstead is a little more old school mainstream in her jazz work.
Both great voices, though.
