Cherry blossoms and rainbows, bubbles and googly eyes: Why do some things seem to create such universal joy? In this captivating talk, Ingrid Fetell Lee reveals the surprisingly tangible roots of joy and shows how we all can find — and create — more of it in the world around us.
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If joy is hiding maybe it doesnt want to be found
Once you stop trying to find joy the joy will stop hiding
Fantastic topic…OMG joy is not easy to be found, sort of like love…the more you search it the more it hides away…and like love when you stop searching here it comes!
Great talk. Nothing is more depressing than grey concrete. i´d honestly would prefer graffiti.
Very nice one.thank you for sharing this.
Joy is, or rather can be, a perpetual feeling. Happiness, depends on the circumstances. Joy is a very spiritual phenomenon. A God-breathed sense of faith and peace. God desires that we celebrate life and cultivate joy, whether or not our circumstances make us happy…..
Her nails gave me joy
I’ve always been sure that my bicycle is one of my sources of joy: big round wheel, bright colors (sky blue and orange). And let alone the feeling when you hop on it and start pedaling, when you feel the smoothness (with the occasional bumps of course) of the road underneath you and your beautiful machine; the lightness of the wind caressing you. That’s when I feel joy, the joy of being alive
Ingrid Fetell Lee… Your presentation put a smile on my face, on numerous occasion!!! Felt to me like JOY 😉
I also really loved the fact all your fingernails are different colours!!! 🙂
Great talk
Jesus Christ gives joy eternal.
these things she mentions are actually just matrix images….i like the matrix soundboard….I’ve noticed about only 1 million sounds….not frequencies …sounds…like door creeks or planes passing or waves on a beach etc etc
Man, if you were a terrible person you could use this in your favor
The uptalking
What about cozy things? Sure, you can’t include them into architecture, but I am pretty certain that they are a considerable part of joy. Just a thought…
I LOVE this. Thankyou SO much. You have given something tangible to what I’ve felt all along. I hope the world can see this and work towards these principles in everything that is built and designed. Thank you
_”round things”_ … _”colorful things”_
Oh give me a break.
Interesting how a good supply of ego-stroking and social flattery are never the answers given, when it’s beyond obvious that *this* is what drives emotions like “joy” for the most part.
_”these kinds of environments are literally killing us”_
Literally!
AntiBullshitMan ——easy with the truth bombs. They can only take them in doses.
Anti One. You need help Please seek it.
Brenda Rua Way to perpetuate the stereotype of internet comment sections as places for presumptuous people to get their conjecture on.