Posted on Sep 9, 2023
Why beautiful sadness — in music, in art — evokes a special pleasure
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Composer Cliff Masterson knows how to make sorrow sublime.
Take his regal, mournful adagio Beautiful Sadness, for example:
Composer Cliff Masterson knows how to make sorrow sublime.
Take his regal, mournful adagio Beautiful Sadness, for example:
Why beautiful sadness — in music, in art — evokes a special pleasure
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"MRI studies have found that sad music activates brain areas involved in emotion, as well as areas involved in pleasure. "Pleasurable sadness is what we call it," says Matt Sachs, an associate research scientist at Columbia University who has studied the phenomenon. Ordinarily, people seek to avoid sadness, he says."
"MRI studies have found that sad music activates brain areas involved in emotion, as well as areas involved in pleasure. "Pleasurable sadness is what we call it," says Matt Sachs, an associate research scientist at Columbia University who has studied the phenomenon. Ordinarily, people seek to avoid sadness, he says."
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