Stories of Emotional GranularitY
A podcast Exploring the diversity of human experience
There Is No One Singing This Song
An artificially generated song asks us to listen without offering anyone to actually listen to. A technology that can be used to create emotionally-moving media without requiring the work of any human capable of feeling emotion is a tool for the mass production of emotional manipulation.
Guilt and Shame
When what we do and even who we are feels wrong, we have entered the territory of guilt and shame. How are these emotions distinct from each other?
Burnout
To meaningfully discuss the feeling of being burned out, it is necessary for us to acknowledge that often, our lives aren’t as lovely and under control as we often like to pretend. Burnout happens when we can no longer maintain the façade of life as it’s supposed to be, and the image we project for others to see falters.
Arrived
The feeling that one has arrived is an emotion that’s situated within the narrative arc of a journey. First, there was a departure. Then, there was travel, a passage away from the point of departure. Arrival is the emotion that comes when it seems that this journey has come to its completion.
Unmasked
Not all the masks people wear can be tied on with a piece of string. People wear figurative masks as well, making deliberate choices to present themselves in a manner that seems authentic, but doesn’t match what they’re feeling on the inside.