
Can We Hope for Happy…or Pine for Passion? (Creativity as Spouse and Lover)
“We don’t really want what we think we desire” The other day I stumbled upon this piece from “theorist and provacateur” (read: best job title ever) Slavoj Žižek. I was particularly drawn to the title, as I spend a lot of time investigating the nature of creativity: “What Fulfils You Creatively Isn’t What Makes You Happy” Happiness is a strange thing. Personally, I think we are a tad obsessed with it. I’ve always struggled with the fact that “happiness” seems to vaguely hover