[lostalex]

Like the title says, Do you think Sadness is beautiful? or is Sadness ugly?

[smudgie]

Hard question.

So many depths of sadness.
I can't personally see it as beautiful or ugly.

Perhaps your own sadness can make someone else happy..so beautiful sadness.
Maybe I am on the wrong track

[Crimson Dynamo]

Its neither, one can break there heart on a dog walk when you see an animal in trouble more than they can watching 3 hours of Comic Relief. Its human, its normal and its inevitable.

[smeagol]

There is nothing sweeter than the first teardrop of rain

sad eyes never lie. only in darkness can we see the light

[Z]

Such an abstract question, I can't get my head around it

[Munchkins]

No.

[Niamh.]

hhhmmmmm Well it's a negative emotion, sadness is unhappiness so If I were to pick either beautiful or ugly I'd have to choose the negative, Ugly

[waterhog]

but you have to have sadness to have happiness or else what is it you are looking for.

[lostalex]

I think we only feel sad for beautiful things. that's why it's so confusing. In sadness, we are appreciating the loss of a beautiful thing, usually.


We mourn the loss of beautiful things. Things we love. And in doing so we are showing a certain kind of compassion that in itself is also beautiful. The mourning of beauty, and of beautiful things, is beautiful in and of itself./

I think that makes sadness beautiful.

Sadness is actually a compassion for beautiful things, and having compassion is beautiful, therefore sadness itself is beautiful.

does that make sense?

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I think we only feel sad for beautiful things. that's why it's so confusing. In sadness, we are appreciating the loss of a beautiful thing, usually.


We mourn the loss of beautiful things. Things we love. And in doing so we are showing a certain kind of compassion that in itself is also beautiful. The mourning of beauty, and of beautiful things, is beautiful in and of itself./

I think that makes sadness beautiful.

Sadness is actually a compassion for beautiful things, and having compassion is beautiful, therefore sadness itself is beautiful.

does that make sense?

Yes it makes sense lostalex and it is actually rather inspiring too the way you have expressed it all.

[waterhog]

its so beautiful it has made me sad.

[Ammi]

..it's both I guess, it's a necessary emotion/balance...

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I think we only feel sad for beautiful things. that's why it's so confusing. In sadness, we are appreciating the loss of a beautiful thing, usually.


We mourn the loss of beautiful things. Things we love. And in doing so we are showing a certain kind of compassion that in itself is also beautiful. The mourning of beauty, and of beautiful things, is beautiful in and of itself./

I think that makes sadness beautiful.

Sadness is actually a compassion for beautiful things, and having compassion is beautiful, therefore sadness itself is beautiful.

does that make sense?

I'm really touched by this post. It's genuinely lovely. And it makes perfect sense. I want to say more about it but can't put it in words. (Unusual for me)

[thesheriff443]

just to the left of sadness is, self pity!
if you have never experienced sadness, you have never experienced happiness!

[waterhog]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

just to the left of sadness is, self pity!
if you have never experienced sadness, you have never experienced happiness!

i like that - really made me think - thanks thesheriff

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I think we only feel sad for beautiful things. that's why it's so confusing. In sadness, we are appreciating the loss of a beautiful thing, usually.


We mourn the loss of beautiful things. Things we love. And in doing so we are showing a certain kind of compassion that in itself is also beautiful. The mourning of beauty, and of beautiful things, is beautiful in and of itself./

I think that makes sadness beautiful.

Sadness is actually a compassion for beautiful things, and having compassion is beautiful, therefore sadness itself is beautiful.

does that make sense?

That makes perfect sense.
You explained it beautifully Alex.

No, beauty is never based on or around the suffering of others, and in this context is merely the romanticisation of sadness.

I don't agree that sadness in anyway means compassion for beautiful things, as for me it only points towards loss, either physical or mental. I've never been feeling really s**t about losing someone in my life, but at the same time thinking "wow, isn't this beautiful?"

Sadness is the vocalisation of pain and suffering, and there is nothing beautiful in that.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

No, beauty is never based on or around the suffering of others, and in this context is merely the romanticisation of sadness.

I don't agree that sadness in anyway means compassion for beautiful things, as for me it only points towards loss, either physical or mental. I've never been feeling really s**t about losing someone in my life, but at the same time thinking "wow, isn't this beautiful?"

Sadness is the vocalisation of pain and suffering, and there is nothing beautiful in that.

This tbh

[Kizzy]

Sadness has a negative connotation and yet I can't say I've never found something that makes me sad beautiful.


It's natural to find beauty in things that evoke emotion.

[Niall]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

No, beauty is never based on or around the suffering of others, and in this context is merely the romanticisation of sadness.

I don't agree that sadness in anyway means compassion for beautiful things, as for me it only points towards loss, either physical or mental. I've never been feeling really s**t about losing someone in my life, but at the same time thinking "wow, isn't this beautiful?"

Sadness is the vocalisation of pain and suffering, and there is nothing beautiful in that.

Exactly my views. Glamourising it is just bad for everyone involved. Sadness is pain, and pain is not beautiful.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I think we only feel sad for beautiful things. that's why it's so confusing. In sadness, we are appreciating the loss of a beautiful thing, usually.


We mourn the loss of beautiful things. Things we love. And in doing so we are showing a certain kind of compassion that in itself is also beautiful. The mourning of beauty, and of beautiful things, is beautiful in and of itself./

I think that makes sadness beautiful.

Sadness is actually a compassion for beautiful things, and having compassion is beautiful, therefore sadness itself is beautiful.

does that make sense?

I agree with a lot of this post. Sadness, I think, isn't always beautiful but sometimes it can be poignantly beautiful. And sadness has evoked works of great beauty... poetry, prose, painting and music for instance.

[smeagol]

i'm surprised people disagree.

of course its beautiful, your never see the sky or the sun in the way someone who is sad see's it.
its only when you see or feel sadness is when you really see beauty .
its when people see sadness is when they do good things

The most popular songs and movies have sad themes. if you asked people whats best the song that says i love you im so happy or the song of heartbreak. most people will chose the latter cause one is sappy the other is beautiful lol

[DanielJordan1991]

Yes, sadness is very beautiful. Society today has a warped sense on what beauty is.

The best music comes from people who are in a really sad place.

[Ammi]

..I agree that some of the most inspired and amazing/beautiful arts have come from pain/emotional suffering so I do see what you're saying Alex...but I also think that the reality of sadness is something quite different and has no beauty at all and is just basically sad/flat....

[lostalex]

This thread makes me think of Sadness from that movie Inside Out now, and i love Sadness from that movie!