Joyful, Joyful: Stories Celebrating Black Voices

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I am intrigued by the author’s comprehensive and thoughtful explanation and application of each aesthetic: Psych professors Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt write about awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion It’s my favorite “self help” book simply because it was a delight to read and left me happy & hopeful.

Although I’m not a formal artist, I’ve always loved thinking about design principles and I strongly believe that creating a welcoming and warm environment is as important as the menu when we consider hospitality. However, I hadn’t seriously considered how aesthetics might affect my personal joy quotient. Even aprons designed for professional use can make restaurant workers feel a bit better - Image from Hedley and Bennett Otoh, I do think she's mostly right. I mean, yes, of course most people are healthier, in body & mind & spirit, if they spend time out-of-doors. For example. Lee has categorised the ways we feel joy and the power that each has that transforms our day, and influences our lives. Her examples of school classrooms made me reflect on my experience in school and maybe if we had a quirky orange and neon yellow in the walls, I could've passed maths!

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This hymn is generally considered by hymnologists to be one of the most joyous expressions of hymn lyrics in the English language." It is also used as a Christian song for children. It is thrilling to think about the many elements in the author’s descriptions that I already incorporate into my home decor and party planning that do bring me joy. It’s nice to recognize and embrace these elements not just as my personal preferences but as overall important elements of design. My intuition in creating my environment is justified, and I’m challenged to deliberately incorporate more elements!

I like the sketches. And what the author says makes sense. But imo it's not a great book. It's meant to be a sort of counterpoint to minimalism, but m. is an easy straw man. It's meant to be a serious book, but Lee is neither a psychologist nor an anthropologist, and some of what she claims she actually has misunderstood, misreported, or supplanted. She doesn't think like a scientist, either, mixing up cause & effect, or pointing to one cause among many as if the others don't matter.Celebration: synchrony, sparkle, and bursting shapes, string lights, glitter, contrast of light and dark (fireworks, candlelight, fireplaces) Curated by Laugh Out Loud Awards winner Dapo Adeola, with a foreword by the acclaimed Patrice Lawrence.

Jihan Zencirli has made an uplifting business out a familiar joyous object – reflecting points about the joy of celebration and the impact of large objects in our festivities Which reminds me of one potential problem I suspect those readers who embrace these joyful design suggestions might have... if they saturate their entire environment, or even key components, especially with colors and polka-dots etc. that are 'gaudy,' they may very well tire of them and not find them joyful anymore. A teenager outgrows her furry neon crowded bedroom even without pressure to develop a more classic sense of taste. Adults should avoid cheap fast fashion in favor of quality pieces that will last... that have a twist that makes them smile... for example a perfect charcoal blazer with a coral liner....) The lyrics were first published in 1911 in Van Dyke's Book of Poems, Third Edition. Van Dyke wrote of this hymn: Starburst lights at the Metropolitan Opera illuminate the Sparkle and Flare element of F-L’s Celebration aesthetic Ruth Lande Shuman - founder of the non-profit Publicolor, which offers a group of design-based programs aimed at helping high-risk students in their education.

The author's write up of the Gee's Bend quilts makes me appreciate them more. They're rhythmic, and organic; they make the eye dance as it explores them. Mae hwn yn llyfr gwirioneddol hyfryd. Mae’r darluniadau i gyd yn llachar o liwgar, ac mae’n gwneud ichi deimlo’n gyffredinol gynnes. Ar y diwedd, mae’r darllenydd yn cael gwahoddiad i ysgrifennu ei stori ei hun ac mae yna gwpl o dudalennau gwag yno ar gyfer gwneud hyn. As applies to me, well, it means I still have to get rid of more things I don't "need" and do a better job of hiding the uglier tools, pantry items, etc, so I have room for plants and won't get over-stimulated by layers of happy colors. It's hard to be a renter sometimes. But we'll be moving again in a few years, when my youngest graduates from the university in this town, so we'll have another opportunity. A “Reversible Destiny Loft” in Tokyo – The author tried it for a few days - Can enough physical stimulation in a living space reverse aging?

Overall, Joyful is an enjoyable and inspiring read which I recommend for readers who enjoy design and concepts of well being. One may wonder, does the aesthetic IFL espouses reflect anything more than her own personal preferences? There is certainly a danger that confirmation bias might play a role here. By offering thoughtful discussion, and the assistance of professional practitioners, she made me feel pretty comfortable with there being a minimum of such sample soiling here. With stories featuring a mythical whale, a message from the future, a Halloween dance competition, a talking book, a miraculous discovery in a moment of lost hope, the joy of jollof rice and so much more. The creators hail from around the world, from the UK and US, to Uganda, the Netherlands, Nigeria and more. Another aspect I liked about this book was the writing, which flowed seamlessly and, perhaps most importantly, was accessible. For me, the way a non-fiction book is written has a huge impact on whether that particular book will be a “hit” or a “miss” for me (even if he subject matter is one that I’m interested in). What I appreciated about Joyful is that it didn’t feel overly scientific when I was reading it, even though some parts of it did cite statistics and results of scientific research. While the book did take me longer to read than usual, tit wasn’t because the concepts were hard to understand or anything — rather, I tend to take longer to read non-fiction books overall because of my own obsession with absorbing every single detail so as to make it worth my while, which of course requires additional focus and concentration on my part. This book should be a help to those of us who are always interested in adding more joy to our lives.

Lee also talks about the joy one can find in quirkiness versus convention. The caveat being that you have to be in a space or group of people who allow such things to exist rather than quashing them at the start. Different colors, unexpected materials, strangely-shaped furniture — if introduced to your every day environment can bring joy and a sense of relief from staid normalcy. I loved so much about this book but I did find it all too much in one go. Maybe I should have paced myself more. I suspect there’s something of the dark in my nature because I started to find the joyfulness a bit cloying at times.