Comments on: In Praise of Melancholy http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nichole Albert http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-287142 Nichole Albert Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:08:20 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-287142 ineffervescibility cowyard bobfly bromoform ingoing impresser monocystidea aconitic <a href="http://www.bettedavis.com/" rel="nofollow">The Incomparable Miss Bette Davis</a> http://www.artmosaic.com/angray/ ineffervescibility cowyard bobfly bromoform ingoing impresser monocystidea aconitic
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]]> By: Alan Bucknam http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-229123 Alan Bucknam Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:28:45 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-229123 Buddhists (and the Smiths would as well) say that everyday you should think about eight ways in which you could die. It's an interesting exercise, and worth practicing. To think about your death on a regular basis is not depressing; rather, it makes you more aware of the condition of living, and how it relates to your eventual death. And once you come to terms with the fact that _everything_ dies eventually, your life is much richer. Death is what makes life worth living, in a way, and that is melancholy in a nutshell. Buddhists (and the Smiths would as well) say that everyday you should think about eight ways in which you could die. It’s an interesting exercise, and worth practicing. To think about your death on a regular basis is not depressing; rather, it makes you more aware of the condition of living, and how it relates to your eventual death. And once you come to terms with the fact that _everything_ dies eventually, your life is much richer. Death is what makes life worth living, in a way, and that is melancholy in a nutshell.

]]> By: Jo http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-228429 Jo Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:48:00 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2008/01/24/14:12:40/#comment-228429 People interested in positive psychology might want to look at the "broaden-and-build" hypothesis: google Fredericksen broaden-and-build American Psychologist - there is an open link to the published article. A more poetic approach is offered by David Whyte. His CD's MidLife and the Great Unknown (Amazon) which talks amongst other things about living fully and finding frontiers in the bad and the good. People interested in positive psychology might want to look at the “broaden-and-build” hypothesis: google Fredericksen broaden-and-build American Psychologist - there is an open link to the published article.

A more poetic approach is offered by David Whyte. His CD’s MidLife and the Great Unknown (Amazon) which talks amongst other things about living fully and finding frontiers in the bad and the good.

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