Happiness vs Art

blue line is the person’s level of happiness, with the top being delirious, climactic, orgasmic; and the bottom being about-to-die, or loved ones about-to-die

red line is the person’s emotional response to — connection to, depth of involvement with — works of art (as opposed to seeing art as primarily decoration or entertainment)

X axis is time

y axis is intensity

dotted line is average — a typical reasonably happy middle-class life in a relatively stable country

Disclaimer – this chart may not be accurate since the data was collected from experiments done entirely in my head.

-Julie

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