Yep. Me too. It was cringe, because she utilized these totalitarian slogans. And I am not even sure she understood what she was actually doing with the propaganda of joy.
Much joy is in the things taken for granted. Like seeing for instance, it's like standing in front of a huge plate glass window and there is the world out there, plain as day in full colour and moving too, it alone is worth living for. Then there is music, with good headphones and eyes closed, it's a world alive inside your head, the opposite of the external world of sight.
As something of an international traveler myself (87 countries & counting), I am acutely aware there is no freedom on earth like you will find in the USA. I can't help but think your relocation to this side of the Atlantic was integral to your reconstituting your emotional health. Regardless, bully for you!
I find joy in immediate results like looking through a window I have just washed or standing by a garden bed newly weeded.
Your retrospect on the politics of joy reminded me of Kamala's Campaign of Joy.
Yep. Me too. It was cringe, because she utilized these totalitarian slogans. And I am not even sure she understood what she was actually doing with the propaganda of joy.
Much joy is in the things taken for granted. Like seeing for instance, it's like standing in front of a huge plate glass window and there is the world out there, plain as day in full colour and moving too, it alone is worth living for. Then there is music, with good headphones and eyes closed, it's a world alive inside your head, the opposite of the external world of sight.
As a native english speaker, I dispute the translation of "happy" to "lucky", or the implication that it is external.
I very much consider happiness and joy to be nearly synonymous, with "joy" being a more intense, in the moment, realization of happiness.
It is not accidental that the word "enjoy" is applied to activities that "bring joy" in the moment.
Literal translations are always tricky. I hardly ever do that. I translated happy to German as “glücklich” which translated back means lucky.
So I agree with you here… the only thing it shows is the external factor.
Thanks for discussing with me.
As something of an international traveler myself (87 countries & counting), I am acutely aware there is no freedom on earth like you will find in the USA. I can't help but think your relocation to this side of the Atlantic was integral to your reconstituting your emotional health. Regardless, bully for you!
"Happy" comes from the same root as "happenstance" and "happening" -- or "mishap." It, too, is something external that happens to you.
https://darshak.substack.com/p/the-social-slope-effect-a-simple?r=cfmbf&utm_medium=ios
I wonder what you think of this.
If you care to read it.
I love your writing. It speaks to me. Believing in yourself. Moving forward.