“Most of us have become Ecozombies, desensitized, environmental deadheads. On average, society conditions us to spend over 95% of our time and 99.9% of our thinking disconnected from nature. Nature's extreme absence in our lives leaves us abandoned and wanting. We feel we never have enough. We greedily, destructively, consume and, can't stop. Nature's loss in our psyche produces a hurt, hungering, void within us that bullies us into our dilemmas.” ThinkingFeelsEnoughHurtLossEnvironmentOur LivesConditionsProduceEmotionalEnvironmentalGreedAverageExtremesAbsenceOur TimeAbandonedVoidEcologyBullyDilemmaDisconnected Book:The Web of Life Imperative: Regenerative Ecopsychology Techniques That Help People Think in Balance with Natural Systems Source: The Web of Life Imperative: Regenerative Ecopsychology Techniques That Help People Think in Balance with Natural Systems
“With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.” NeedsFeelsTwoFoundEmotionalTaughtSeasonsExtremesGuiltyFixedFatherhood Author:Pete Wentz
“Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery of the largest and most challenging forms with music of great emotional power and technical invention...All his works are marked by emotional extremes - tragic intensity, grotesque and bizarre wit, humour, parody, and savage sarcasm.” FormChallengesCenturyEmotionalHumourExtremesWitInventionTragicSarcasmIntensityComposerMasterySavages20th CenturyBizarreSymphonyParodyGrotesqueQuartetsEmotional PowerShostakovich Author:Dmitri Shostakovich
“Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly emotional, and at the same time Wagner has extraordinary control over the effect he achieves.” FormAchieveEffectsEmotionalExpressionMusic IsHarmonyExtraordinaryExtremesComposerDynamicsWagnerOrchestration Author:Daniel Barenboim
“... a fact about photography: we can look at people's faces in photographs with an intensity and intimacy that in life we normally only reserve for extreme emotional states - for a first look at someone we may sleep with, or a last look at someone we love.” PeopleFirstsLooksMayStatesFactsLastsFacesSleepEmotionalPhotographyPhotographExtremesIntimacyIntensityReserves Author:Adam Gopnik
“I always tend to remember the funny moments. When I lost my shoe (even though it was funny) there was something motivating about it, I just ended in this spastic emotional way. I tend to remember the more extreme moments.” WayMomentsRememberLostEmotionalShoesExtremesFunny Moments Author:Laura Bell Bundy