The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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- Sadness originally meant 'fullness,' signifying being filled with intense experience.
- It involves awareness and feeling all emotions simultaneously, not despair or distraction.
- Embracing the world as it is and as it could be, including the unknown and time's passage.
- Acknowledging shared human experiences of obscure sorrows, referenced as 'lacrimae rerum.'
- The concept links to French terms 'énouer' (removing defects) and 'dénouement' (tying plot threads together).
- It reflects unity in resolution, both in personal experience and narrative conclusion.