Do you agree with this view: “Depression is the illness of civilization, without civilization, we’d be happy: We’d be happy without depression. Without depression we would not have the beautiful arts: novels, plays, paintings. If we were happy we wouldn’t need the arts. Without our depression happiness as a concept would not exist”.
https://todayistblogger.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/depression/
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I like to think that civilization is a luxury we humans get to experience. I also think about Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs when it comes to happiness and satisfaction with life.
I believe feelings like depression and happiness affect how we make art, but they aren’t exactly requisites. Art is like our way of expressing everything internal and external: thoughts, feelings, ideas…people, buildings, places, etc…