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disorders; that artists' negative emotions were predictive of their creative output; and that sadness is the main negative feeling that drives creativity. She also cites research indicating that sad moods tend to sharpen our attention, make us more focused and detail oriented, improve our memories, and correct our cognitive biases.
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sadness or imperfection that are normal parts of human experience—rather than using painful experiences as an opportunities to learn. Cain argues against society's unrelenting obsession with "normative sunshine", saying we have a culture that is "afraid of sorrow and longing, and therefore unable to draw on its powers".
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is not, as we tend to think, just a momentary feeling or event. It’s also a quiet force, a way of being, a storied tradition—as dramatically overlooked as it is brimming with human potential. It’s an authentic and elevating response to the problem of being alive in a deeply flawed yet stubbornly beautiful world.
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momentary feeling, but rather "a quiet force, a way of being, a complex tradition" that is "brimming with human potential". She advises that the bittersweet state of mind can be cultivated by regularly performing small acts of beauty, and by briefly performing "expressive writing" about one's troubles.
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Two thousand years ago, Aristotle wondered why the great poets, philosophers, artists, and politicians often have melancholic personalities. ... Aristotle’s question never went away; it can’t. There’s some mysterious property in melancholy, something essential. ... I’ve concluded that bittersweetness
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Cain said that, historically and especially in the nineteenth century, boom-and-bust cycles led not only to reverence for successful businessmen, but also to attributing lack of success not to external circumstance but to a failure of character. Cain documents this perceived failure of character as
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Modern culture condemns painful emotions as useless and shameful and to be suppressed rather than, as Cain posits, as an inspiration to creativity and transformative potential. Young people, especially, are pressured by the idea of "effortless perfection" to conceal and feel ashamed of feelings of
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Cain writes that "the sadness from which compassion springs is a pro-social emotion", and that our instinct to feel bad when we see somebody else feeling bad–and to want to do something about it–"is as much a part of humanity as our need to breathe". The sharing of our individual longing is one of
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corresponding to respective temperaments, namely, melancholic (sad), sanguine (happy), choleric (aggressive), and phlegmatic (calm). Cain says that
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Calling herself "deeply agnostic", Cain says that there have been both religious and secular expressions of transcendence flowing from a longing for a more perfect and beautiful world. Positing a definition of transcendence as "a moment in which your self fades away and you feel connected to the
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is an "easy-on-the-ego hybrid of genres" that is "really... a motivational book" born of Cain's desire for "a kinder, deeper, more connected and creative world", the review criticized it for not dealing with differences among political groups, cultures, classes and religions, and for mixing the
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Cain lists three main benefits of embracing the bittersweet: creativity, connection, and transcendence. She cites research indicating that people attuned to life’s fragility, and people who are in transitional states of life (divorce, approaching death), tend to find a sense of meaning in their
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This book was basically a five-year quest to grasp the power of a bittersweet and even melancholic way of being. And what I learned is that the bittersweet tradition spans centuries—it spans continents. And it teaches us that we are creatures who are born to transform pain into beauty. It also
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Cain cites studies variously indicating a large percentage of highly creative people were orphaned in childhood, but also that creative people whose parents live to old age are disproportionately prone to sorrow; that people who work in the arts are much more likely than others to suffer mood
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In the workplace, Cain perceives some progress in the recognition of the value of compassionate management, and allowing employees to share their troubles and voice concerns rather than repress them. She cites research indicating that bosses exhibiting anger are perceived as having
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is based on the premise that "light and dark, birth and death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired". Cain defines bittersweetness as "a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world."
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review said the book included "beautifully crafted—and well-researched—passages on creativity, sorrow and longing, mortality and grief, and personal redemption", calling it "an intriguing book that takes a profoundly compassionate tilt at connections within the human condition".
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anecdotes and evidence "obvious", and criticizing Cain's over-reliance on anecdotes from people of privilege, the critic wrote that the book's best parts lay out the "tyranny of positivity—that particular
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says that he can resurrect her daughter if she can procure a mustard seed from a house not touched by grief. On her journey, she encounters historical characters—who were discussed in the book—who transformed their grief into history-changing offerings.
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review remarked that the book contains "seeds of several potentially beautiful books in various chapters", but in its "blend of memoir, pop psychology, music criticism and self-help, there is an undisciplined interdisciplinarity". Along similar lines, a
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relates that Cain experiences something close to this state when listening to melancholy music. She advises that our own longings reveal to us the path that we should be following, "pointing you in the direction of the sacred (and) wondrous".
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Recognizing that many creative people are sanguine (happy) in nature, Cain suggests that "it’s not that pain equals art. It’s that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better." Referring to
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power" that inspires loyalty and can enhance productivity. Cain cites instances indicating in which sharing troubles with co-workers creates a supportive environment, increase productivity, reduce turnover, and increase workplace safety.
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The result is a culture with a "positivity mandate"—an imperative to act "unfailingly cheerful and positive, ... like a winner".
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famously depicted melancholy as a downcast angel surrounded by symbols of creativity, knowledge, and yearning; and poet
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manifesto", and "a kind, optimistic and unflaggingly earnest book, not a fleck of humour on the horizon". Saying
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concept of bittersweetness. Cain also related that philosopher
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1751:McFarlane, Ian (June 25, 2022).
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