![]() ![]() Renewal: blossoming, expansion, and curves Celebration: synchrony, sparkle, and bursting shapesġ0. Play: circles, spheres, and bubbly formsħ. ![]() Freedom: nature, wilderness, and open spaceĥ. Abundance: lushness, multiplicity, and varietyģ. This year I’m interested in self-transcendence and mystery, so the chapters on transcendence and magic are what drew me in, but the overall concept – of joy as a tangible, renewable external resource – is exhilarating.įetell Lee identified 10 aesthetics of joy, sensory properties that elicit feelings of delight and flourishing:Ģ. What are the sensory elements of harmony? Is freedom tangible? What are the visual features of play and surprise and celebration? And how do all these components assemble to create a joyful experience? I picked up Ingrid Fetell Lee’s “Joyful: The Surprising Power Of Ordinary Things To Create Extraordinary Happiness” not for the joy, perse, but because she examines the aesthetics of joy. ![]() Positively brimming with the stuff (perhaps a bit of an oddity for someone who has a death blog?). ![]()
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