Listening to rain

[eve_prime]

Today I got some work done and a bit of cleaning. I also watched a Monk episode (I'm on the final season), and the Friday night movie with J, which was Office Space. It seems unlikely that we'll read the book for his book club this month, as it's a sad one. I'm curious about why people would choose to read sad books, frankly. Meanwhile, D's had nightmares all week from watching too much "true crime" stuff - I can't really see the appeal in that, either, but it seems marginally more interesting than deliberately making oneself feel sad. We have the ability to feed our imaginations with all sorts of wonders - strange places, great beauty, people working hard to do good.

Comments

[kaishin108]

Maybe by reading or watching sad things, it helps people deal with the sadness in their own lives? Maybe not on the same scale but still. I do not watch sad things on purpose as I don't want to think about, stuff that is sad. But I know for example in Zen Buddhism, they encourage us to look at all emotions and work through them. It's pretty hard to do though, I am trying.

And all of this is just my thoughts only on why. And it's very possible I am getting carried away. ;-)

[eve_prime]

Yes... I wonder if experiencing others' sad things does help people work through their own, or if it reassures them that it's possible to live with sad things, or what.