Mirror 51 · The Mind
Depression
“Depression is not sadness. Sadness is a response to loss. Depression is the absence of response — the slow, quiet disappearance of the ability to feel anything at all. It is not a visitor you can show the door. It is a fog that settles in and forgets to leave.”
The painter's studio in Copenhagen was at the top of a building that had no elevator. The light came through a single north-facing window, the kind of even, shadowless illumination that artists had sought for centuries. It was the perfect light for painting. And for three years, the painter had not...
Reflection question
What would change in your life if you truly believed this?