I'm
sure whether it is a bias, but I do always deem that the only one at the bottom
of a bunch of grapes is the sweetest. Each time with a kind of esteem and
expectation eating beads of grapes down from the top, there is infinite experience
and the last one is finished without taste and commemoration.
(Having
been working painfully on subject 2 for dozens of hours, I really need to pause
temporally and write this blog first while sentimental music is still cheering
me up.)
“Q-H-Q”
looks like a bunch of grapes.
What
makes a good question?
Free-write
is a good way to note ideas in a short time. But sometimes the writing is
disordered and easy to wander. Q-H-Q is a way to pop up questions continuously
against a specific topic. It is pretty purposive. But sometimes it is really
difficult to propose more valuable questions on the topic because the realm is already
narrowed down small enough in the end. My topic is talking that melancholy is
positive. The key terms are melancholy, sensitivity, reflection and creation. How
did “sensitivity” come to my mind? When I was discussing
the characteristics of melancholy with others, it just appeared. How did “reflection”
come to my mind? When I searched out an essay talking about the relations
between melancholy and philosophy, it occurred to me a scene that philosopher
looks so painful when thinking about the philosophy. What about “creation”?
Because poet is sensitive, a lot of wonderful poems are created. Philosopher
always reflects on something and then writes down (“temporary”) truth. All of
these are creations. Hence, the word popped up in my mind. When I was listening
to some sentimental or sorrowful music, I felt the melancholy and it occurred
to me a poetic sentence by Percy Bysshe Shelley, “If
Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”. Such beautiful poem full of
melancholy has been enchanting thousands of people, young and old, women and
men.
I’m
not going to say if those key terms are good or not. I cannot. But I gained
them due to discussion, research, sensing, interest, experiences and persistence.
As
the world has been developed and materialized, there are less chances and less
time for people in cities to think deeply. Move fast, eat fast, walk fast. They
are easy to get melancholy but feel blank at well. Some even have melancholia,
or do something much more horrific. Because glitz and simpleness? There is some
misunderstanding. Actually, melancholy is an emotion and not a sickness.
Melancholia is a disease. Over melancholy can lead to melancholia. I just
realized that when working on the topic. My ideology was destroyed and re-built.
Some professors link the melancholy to aesthetic. Then the topic could be huge.
Though I cannot interpret their theories well, I’m trying. Know melancholy and
don’t go to the extreme of it. Move it brightly by a certain way, writing,
telling, reading or appreciating. OK?
“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
Percy
Bysshe Shelley
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