Joyful
Wie Sie Ihre Wohlfühlumgebung gestalten und glücklich leben
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Warum liebt jeder Mensch das rote Glühen eines Sonnenuntergangs? Weshalb zaubern uns blühende Bäume, blauer Himmel oder das Gefühl von feinem Sand unter den Füßen ein Lächeln ins Gesicht? Ist das alles bloß Zufall? Keineswegs, sagt die Designerin Ingrid Fetell Lee, denn die Materialien, Farben und Formen, die uns jeden Tag umgeben, beeinflussen tatsächlich unsere Gefühlswelt. In diesem Buch erfahren Sie, wie Sie diese Erkenntnis für sich nutzen, Ihre Wahrnehmung schärfen und die Dinge um sich herum gestalten können. Mit diesen Tricks leben Sie ein gesünderes und glücklicheres Leben!
»Joyful ist ein unerschöpflicher und spannender Leitfaden dafür, was das Leben schön macht.«Arianna Huffington
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Designer Lee explores how to craft a more joyful life with this wise, empowering guide to drawing pleasure from natural wonders, brightly colored building facades, and other tangible aspects of one's environment. Backing up her insights with research from psychology and neuroscience, Lee identifies 10 "aesthetics of joy": energy, abundance, freedom, harmony, play, surprise, transcendence, magic, celebration, and renewal. She relates energy to "vibrant color and light," finding an example in the renewal of the Albanian city of Tirana, at one time plagued by crime and decay; four years after the mayor began painting buildings in bright hues, citizens had reclaimed their city. For the surprise aesthetic, characterized by "contrast and whimsy," Lee draws an example from her own life, remembering shaking with nerves before a boardroom presentation when she noticed that a buttoned-down, gray-suited executive was wearing rainbow-colored socks. He caught her gaze and smiled, a "small, unexpected burst of joy." She finds the transcendence aesthetic at play in the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, where 500 hot-air balloons are launched each year. This book's extended passages of analysis might be daunting for some, but Lee's vignettes are engaging and a reminder that "every human being is born with the capacity for joy." Illus.
