Many are concerned only with their happiness.
I counter happiness is overrated because the world is a miserable place where happiness finds no purchase.
I love the misery of living because that is what marks us as human. I also find the best and most interesting work comes out of misery and not happiness.
The next time you are feeling unhappy -- do something proactive -- create a monument to your state of mind and celebrate the fact that you were able to accomplish something of merit even though you were not happy.
Happiness is Overrated
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If you consider art to be the catalyst of emotion, and most art is created of sadness, how does art bring our society such joy? I never feel so at peace as when I stand in front of a meticulously crafter piece of despair.
Mathieu --
We find joy in the creation out of the despair. The art is evidence of survival and of a successful fight against the darkness.