Sign In
Basket 0 Items

BASKET SUMMARY

Sign In
Basket 0 Items

BASKET SUMMARY

Sadness and Space to Breathe

EDDIE GREEN

You say nostalgia is negation
It can’t go on like that, it will all end
Contentment to be in nature
And kindness is still so hard to find
Sadness is rebellion
And self hate only resect
Lebanon Hannover

In the western world a thread of sadness has emerged, expressed in the melancholic cold-wave of Belarusian Molchat Doma1 across our social media, and Millennial Gray ‘The sad depressive hue of the colour grey which many millennials coat their life in.’2 Meanwhile even in children’s literature and fashion ‘Sad Beige’ is a dominating aesthetic.3 Our culture is saturated by passive sadness. In the Church, however, warped by anxiety and loss, veneered with new initiatives, sadness can be the hardest place to acknowledge, let alone inhabit. There are good reasons to be sad, as overall numbers in church decrease and finances are stretched. But are there deeper underlying causes? Alternative musical artist Lebanon Hanover suggests a more active embracing of sadness: Sadness as Rebellion. In this piece we will journey through ecclesiastical sadness, exploring its root causes and potential responses. Themes of sadness, nostalgia, rebellion and contentment, as expressed by Lebanon Hannover, will be explored, whilst leveraging ideas from capitalism, business and marketing. In interview Eric Wilson, author of ‘Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy’ suggests: ‘Melancholy …. is a very active state. When we’re melancholy, we feel uneasy in relation to the way things are, the status quo, the conventions of our society. We yearn for a deeper, richer

Subscribe now for full access or register to continue reading

To continue reading subscribe to gain full access or register to read one article free this month

Subscribe now for full access or register to continue reading

To continue reading subscribe to gain full access or register to read one article free this month