A Thought

[debka_notion]

have you ever noticed that people tend to write more when they're unhappy? Happiness just seems to be perceived as boring, and/or inappropriate- like it's bragging or something. I find myself doing it lots: when I'm unhappy, I'll kvetch, often in writing. But when I'm happy, it often seems too personal, or inappropriate or too boring for other people to want to read, and so I don't write it. Some of it is a matter of how much time you have or make- but, still... It's a bit of a sad statement about life/society/this age group/something.

Comments

[fleurdelis28.livejournal.com]

I think, in a lot of people, unhappiness is a greater creative force because happiness is often by nature cliched and non-introspective (and I don't mean that in a bad way). Sorrow writes soliloquies; happiness just sits there and grins like an idiot, which when you're really happy is its own reward.

[chinchillama.livejournal.com]

>Sorrow writes soliloquies; happiness just sits there and grins like an idiot, which when you're really happy is its own reward.

That was great. :)

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

"Art is a wound brought to life." -- Wilde

Huzzah!

The Vortex

[yemeknight.livejournal.com]

Nice quote. Very nice quote.
Nathan