Summary on Emotion

Emotions are feelings that we feel and felt every single day of our lives. It is the complex psycho physiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with internal and external influences. Emotions arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort. There are 2 types of emotions which is positive emotions and negative emotions. Examples of positive emotion is happy, love, excited and good. Examples of negative emotion is frustrated, fear, mad and envy. Emotions can be seen in many ways such as verbal communication, non verbal communication. From my survey, emotions is in colors, shapes, lines and typography.

Survey on Emotion

Target audience: 18-25 years old

1. What is your gender?

o Male

o Female

2. What is your cultural background?

o European, Canadian, American, Australian, Russian

o Asian (Eastern and Oceanic)

o Asian (Middle Eastern, Indian and westward)

o Africa

o Latino/Spanish

3. What feeling/emotion do you like to see portrayed in artwork? (any type of art)

o Happiness

o Care

o Peacefulness

o Action

o Struggle

o Sorrow

4. What do you relate these feelings and emotions to?

o Colour

o Shapes

o People

o Style

o Symbols

5. What degree of emotional intensity do you like to see in artwork?

o Extremely intense

o Moderately intense

o Subtle intensity

o Underlying

6. Do you find artwork that relates to your life more interesting?

o Yes

o No

7. What emotion is the most beautiful to see in real life?

o Happiness

o Care

o Peacefulness

o Action

o Struggle

o Sorrow

Pick one.

o Real

o Fantasy

Pick one.

o Obvious meaning

o Symbolic meaning

Pick one.

o Real

o Warped

Emotion in typography

Example of emotion in typography.

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Color and Emotion

There are several colors that related to emotion. This figure explain us how color related to emotions.

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Color and emotion according to plutchik.

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This figure is to help us know better and clearly about color and emotion.

Quotes/Caption

Chosen quote: Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. ~Robert G. Ingersoll

There are many quotes related to emotions. Example:

Positive:

"People are about as happy as they choose to be." By Abraham Lincoln.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart" by Helen Keller.

"How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation." By Judith Orloff.

"The sun always shines above the clouds." By Paul F. Davis.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." By Martin Luther King jr.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." By Oscar Wilde.

"Peace begins with a smile.." by Mother Teresa.

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." By Mahatma Gandhi.

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." By Albert Camus.

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one." By John Lennon.

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line." By Oscar Levant.

Negative:

“Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it." By Chuck Palahniuk.

"One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside." By John Lennon.

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments." By Jim Morrison.

"FINE stands for 'Freaked-out Insecure Neurotic and Emotional" by Amanullah Ashraf.

"Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices." By Brenda Waggoner.

"Regret is an emotion, not felt, only experienced." By Robert Solis.

"I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to." By Jimi Hendrix.

"I don't want to die without any scars." By huck Palahniuk.

"Life is too short when you think of the length of death" by Sean Mangan.

"There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death." By Fran Lebowitz.

“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.” By Robert G. Ingersoll.

List of Emotion

There is a huge list of human emotions that we are capable of experiencing. However often times we only experience a very limited number of emotions. Below is a list of human emotions included positive and negative emotions.

Positive Emotion:

Adequate	Awe	Assured	Able
Capable	Certain	Charmed	Cheerful
Comfortable	Compassion	Courageous	Confidence
Determined	Delighted	Eager	Energetic
Enthusiastic	Excited	Exhilarated	Expectant
Elation	Empathy	Excellent	Fascinated
Glad	Good	Great	Grateful
Glorious	Glamorous	Graceful	Happy
Hopeful	Humorous	Inspired	Interested
Joyful	Magnificent	Lust	Love
Pleasure	Playfulness	Peaceful	Pleasant
Powerful	Pride	Positive	Relaxed
Relieved	Satisfied	Surprised	Sympathy
Stable	Sublime	Superior	Thrilled

Negative Emotions:

Annoyed	Anxious	Apprehensive	Agonize
Anger	Anxiety	Apathy	Bored
Burdened	Cautious	Competitive	Concerned
Confused	Contempt	Depressed	Destructive
Disgusted	Distracted	Doubtful	Disappointed
Exasperated	Exhausted	Embarrassment	Envy
Frustrated	Fear	Guilty	Greed
Grief	Harassed	Hesitant	Hostile
Ignored	Impatient	Indifferent	Intimidated
Isolated	Irritated	Jealous	Jumpy
Lonely	Mad	Manipulated	Miserable
Obnoxious	Overwhelmed	Panic	Pressured
Remorse	Revenge	Shame	Sad
Scared	Shocked	Suspicious	Stress
Tired	Uncomfortable	Uneasy	Used
Wary	Weary	Wasteful