Melancholy shouldn’t be confused with depression. Melancholy is an essential part of being a human, and to embrace melancholy is ultimately to embrace an active state that can inspire creativity.

If we try too hard to get rid of melancholy it’s almost like we’re settling for a half-life. How can we know what it is to be truly human without experiencing some level of discomfort and physical challenge? When we’re melancholic, we feel uneasy with the way things are, the status quo, the conventions of our society. We yearn for a deeper, richer relationship with the world. And in that yearning, we’re forced to explore the potential within ourselves – a potential we might not have explored if we were simply content; we come up with new ways of seeing the world and new ways of being in the world. Melancholy and creativity simply work together.

MELANCHOLY