Sometimes life can be funny. Not the hilarious peals of laughter type of funny, but rather the “I better laugh than cry” kind of eccentricity. We humans are emotional beings, interested in dissecting our mental state (whatever it might be at that current moment) in hope of understanding what lays beneath our fossilized layers of brain activity. Many have tried to conceptualize how far this is possible through deep research and studies which extend across psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, anthropology, biology, sociology, literature and philosophy. Arguments galore surround the topic, some delving into the fathomless ocean of feelings, and others claiming that the matter is too heterogeneous for systematic study. Any such introduction to human emotions without a generous helping of opinionated perspective turns out to be dull and largely incomprehensible. So I shall stop with this gibberish attempt of hoping to convey a sufficient image for you to think productively- as it is of copious complexity, and there is so little time.
