[ggm]

You need to deal with this because life is too short to waste it in anger. "Enjoy yourself it's later than you think"

[HarryHirsch]

Counterpoint to the mandatory optimism: https://harpers.org/blog/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-...

[ggm]

Brecht was however, fundamentally an optimist. Consider "in praise of communism".

You could have pointed to woodcuts by Masreel if you really wanted to lower the mood. More depressing art of the working poor I cannot think of, Doré aside.

[HarryHirsch]

W.H. Auden possessed great sanity: "As I went out one evening ..."

[hiccuphippo]

I like to think of the galaxy: https://youtu.be/buqtdpuZxvk