Are you a Tragedy or a Comedy?

[lisztisforkids]

Im definetly a tragedy.

[quantum]

What if you are both?

I wonder if google ads can try to sell me paper clips with this one?

[arensky]

I am a documentary in the guise of a cheesy 1970's ABC miniseries, with lots of angst, off the wall humour and sex!    And occasionally something bad happens... 

[arensky]

Im definetly a tragedy.

These faces are an inversion, the opposite sides of the same coin. Out of the tragedy, comes the comedy, out of the comedy comes the tragedy. If you are always tragic, you will be put in a mental hospital and shunned. If you are always comic, the same. The two must exist in balance; no one is ever always happy or always sad. Neither of those states are normal, I find that tragedy (or "bad things") gives way to comedy ("good things") and vice versa, in this strange dance and ebb and flow we call existence. To always be one way or the other is immpossible, because one informs the other and they cannot exist without each other. If we were always happy, we would not know it, because there would be nothing else to compare it to.

I have been reading your posts on these heavy subjects, you have had a lot of "drama" (in the real sense of the word) in your life at a relatively young age. If life is a play, (as this thread suggests) perhaps it is time for a "change of scene" or an introduction of some new characters. If all the world's a stage, perhaps we are the playrights; are you happy with your current venue and script? Doesn't sound like it, change it, rewrite it, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? Well, that opens a whole other can o' worms, but think about it... you might be surprised at the possibilities that are waiting for you, if you were not clouded and blinded by your present state of existence. Not that everything will be okay (IT NEVER WILL BE) but it might be better than before.

It's your life, make of it what you will before it starts slipping away....

[gilad]

i'm a tragic joke

tragedy and comedy for me.
both a part of life, have to learn to place the emphasis on the better side.

[jas]

My life is the ultimate tragi-comedy at the moment. I've had the most ridiculous things happen to me over the past couple of months. I won't elaborate, but they're the kind of things that make people burst out laughing, followed by a "Oh, no!"

Well, if you didn't laugh you'd cry.

Jas

[lisztisforkids]

The thing is I enjoy being a Tragedy. If I dident than I wouldent be one...

[jason2711]

my life seems to be a comedy on the day-to-day running side of things.  Long term, its more a Tragedy, but that's sounds too pessimistic for my liking

What about an epic tale of dreams being fulfilled (or unfulfilled... but i guess it becomes a tragedy then)?

[rc]

These faces are an inversion, the opposite sides of the same coin. Out of the tragedy, comes the comedy, out of the comedy comes the tragedy. If you are always tragic, you will be put in a mental hospital and shunned. If you are always comic, the same. The two must exist in balance; no one is ever always happy or always sad. Neither of those states are normal, I find that tragedy (or "bad things") gives way to comedy ("good things") and vice versa, in this strange dance and ebb and flow we call existence. To always be one way or the other is immpossible, because one informs the other and they cannot exist without each other. If we were always happy, we would not know it, because there would be nothing else to compare it to.

Cool

You could also look at comedy as a response to tragedy. Take a look at comedians, every joke is in some way making light of a heavy issue . I find great value in the friends who can help me laugh at the things that might otherwise bother me, and I try to do the same.

Then there are some who just enjoy the drama, which is cool, drama creates interest. Though, I'm not much for drama myself. My instinct is to 'solve' drama, which really seems to irritate the dramatic types . At best, I can concoct some humour out of their drama, but I really can't get into drama much myself...

[trunks]

I am neither.
I am simply a story.

[kelly_kelly]

My life is too ironic to be tragic... kind of like Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events 

[Waldszenen]

You can't really be a tragedy OR a comedy, not until you're dead.

[pies]

tragicomedy a la waiting for godot and other existential garbage

[pianistimo]

sometimes when i think i've lived through some tragedy - i'll see someone far worse off.  for instance, when i broke my leg and ended up on the orthopedic floor - there were also people on that floor who were terminal.  one lady had a severe kidney problem another was bedridden and begging for someone to come and comfort them.  i think they were dying of something or other.  also, the surprise things that happen (ie car accidents) can really put a person out.  just this last summer, my husband and i saw a muti-car pileup and people being wheeled out on stretchers.  i have no idea what or where they are today - but even if the worst happens - you can pray!  i prayed for them at that moment.  who knows.  maybe tragedy brings out more faith sometimes.  we have to rely on someone other than ourselves for a moment, or a day, or forever afterwards from gratefulness. 

it's good to have compassion and not judge people when they are in a 'rut.'  i've learned that not everyone copes the same.  what works for you might not work for someone else so well.  so, with an open mind and heart - sometimes just letting people talk heals a lot of pain.  just being or having a friend can make you feel better.

my life has been a series of up's and down's.  i'd say the most shocking thing was realizing what my parents had been through more fully.  most of us born in the 60's had parents that went through the depression.  had fathers who were away in a war - and came back either scarred, wounded, or with a need to be in a sanitarium from t.b.  my mother's mother had to work extremely hard to keep her family together.  when i think of my mom's younger years - i have more compassion.  she made my bro's and my life very much easier in comparison.  she was always extremely involved in our lives - and probably because her mother couldn't be in hers - she knew how it felt.  she had to take on adult responsibilities at about age 7 or 8.  babysitting her brother until mom came home - cooking/cleaning/changing diapers when the next two were born.  babysitting.  she said she was fairly exhausted and her health was giving out after her second year of college. 

my own difficulties have been mostly around what books term 'life stresses' that happen normally.  childbirth, moving (5-6 times)...etc.  the things that bring joy and relaxation in my life are friends and music.  somehow - music has always brought a peace into my life that only God can surpass.  when i'm stressed - i play whatever suits the moment.

[Mozartian]

My bro told me that I'm a "tragedy" once, so.. haha

I'm just a mess, IMO. 

[debussy symbolism]

My bro told me that I'm a "tragedy" once, so.. haha

I'm just a mess, IMO. 

Greetings.

From what I have gathered concerning your psyche Mozartian, you are anything but a tragedy

[donjuan]

in the arts, I love tragedies.  My sister's always asking me "don't you have enough pain in your life as it is??"  obviously I don't, since I love tragedies.. therefore I must be a comedy.  My sister's must be tragedy.

[zheer]

  A case, a sad case, nah not really.

[arbisley]

Studying this topin in English literature last year, I have found that I look like a tragedy, maybe because I am, but I find that I;m turning to comedy now by my own will. And I'm starting to become more satirical about things. I find it easier to laugh at myself than I used to, and I find it a very pleasant occupation indeed. I just find that too many people make comedy and don't realise how much tragedy there is about. they can't see past their own shallow existence to realise that what is a tragedy to them is actually one of the funniest comedies to others. Here's a real quotation for you:
"I don't see the point in reading, doesn't make me thin or anything."
Now I thinl that's funny because it's her tragedy. but on the other hand, I would want to tell her what she misses out on by not reading books. I suppose, it's just what I don't understand she values in life and want to change to what I value, but because I am just another person stuck in my situation, all I can do is laugh.

that is why I laugh at myself, and my restricted view of life. No matter how open minded I can try to be, my character and experience will always force me back into the same place. So that's life's tragedy, that few people can actually move away from their existence and appreciate all the good things they have.

I enjoy life most when I am at boarding school in england, but that wouldn't be possible without the tragedy that goes on at home or elsewhere. It's back to the ying and yang idea. One force is always balanced out by an opposite force, and there is an endless rotation about a centre. try to make your life come as close to that centre as possible, and you will be happy.

After my long boring philosophical explanations, all I can say is go and practise the piano! and stop wasting time and breath on a piano forum where no one can actually completely understand your point of view anyway.

Oh, and my apologies if this doesn;t make sense. I speak french and german, so I sometimes use expressions from those languages and construct my sentences in a way which doesn';t make sense to English speaking people!

Isn't life fun?