![]() ![]() These words are all essentially expressing the same thing, arguably with their own melancholy-nostalgia ratio. Many languages have their own particular way of treating these two terms and have unique and deeply beloved words for it – Brazilian “Saudade”, Bosnian “Sevdah”, Welsh “Hiraeth”, Galician “Morriña”, German “Sehnsucht”, among many others. The two are so intrinsically interwoven that when mixed together create a potent emotional alloy. The feeling of nostalgia, though quite different, is a very close relative of melancholy. It was not until the very end of 19th century that the existence of black bile was finally disproved. It lurks within us in a hidden reservoir where black bile bubbles, waiting to consume us. A human necessity – as universal as it is mysterious and compelling, it existed long before we so clumsily named it. Sweet or sad? An elusive blend of the two? Melancholy has been inspiring the world of the arts since the beginning of time. ![]()
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