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Originally posted by Yorick:
It's interesting that many give greater credence to "serious" art, "serious" discussion and provokation of thoughts along melancholic lines.
Now, yes I understand the depths and soul searching that such conversing and thinking can elicit, but fun, humour and "small talk" or distractional escapism are just as valid in the human experience and in human art.
Making someone cry and making someone laugh are both affecting the mood of an individual and are both as powerful as each other. They give reasons to living and give living a reason.
Hence, it's a beautiful thing that the gencon forum has 'lightened up' for a while. I see it as a necessary swing to restore balance to the ship.
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I've always been a fan of sadness, or maybe it's been a fan of me. Either way, I'm trying to learn to lighten up. Not that I don't laugh! I have a great sense of humor around those that I know and trust. It's just when I'm with myself... alone. Melancholy is a savage creature, very unforgiving. If you walk with it once, it forever seeks you out as a confidant,
OK, I'm just rambling now. Nevermind, I've lost track of what I was saying.
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