Romanticism, a word or two

To understand romanticism we must first try to find out what constitutes romanticism. What is of paramount importance is the creative, ever-imaginative mind, which tries to express its experiences and ideas to create an atmosphere of serenity and tranquility that eludes us most of the times in our everyday life.

A sense of dissatisfaction with the realities of life urges the romantic mind to create a world of its own where all strain and stress of the soul may be eliminated. An atmosphere of peace and beauty may be found where the soul can find solace. A romantic mind is firm in its belief that something needs to be done to eliminate the drudgery of everyday life, so that it may experience the beauty of this wonderful world blissfully.

The romantic mind is inwardly contented and satisfied with the fact that it exists with a profound blessedness in an objective world full of wonders. At the same time it is highly dissatisfied with the distasteful nature of daily life.

The classical mind looks at all the sufferings, miseries and emotional distress as things that enhance the value and beauty of life. The romantic mind sees incompleteness in every sphere of life and seeks to fill up every nook and corner with serenity and blissfulness.

The romantic mind somehow tries to escape from the harsh realities of life and creates its own world. On one hand it is revolutionary, on the other hand it is stunningly imaginative and creative. At the bottom of it lies the ever-expanding nature of the soul of a romantic that suffocates in a world filled with routine drudgery.

Having faith in one's imagination is the true essence of romanticism. A romantic mind interacts with the nature on the whole and draws nectar from it to feed its ever-changing mood. Thus nature also attains an individuality in the mind of a romantic man. This individuality, with a distinct existence, forms the image of God in a romantic mind.

The succulent or juicy vitality of life can only be embraced through romanticism. Complacency never finds a place in the romantic mind. It overflows with abstraction, splendour and the unthinkable, defying all existing norms.

The ever-expanding horizon of human imagination would never have been visible without this romantic feeling. The subtle feeling, the deft touch, the wonderful gesture, the casual yet razor-sharp glance or the heavenly music can all be attributed to romanticism.

Romantic artists and literary figures have always been strikingly innovative or inventive in their ideas and creations to synthesize the heavenly music and the subtle rhythm of life into a unified whole which eludes men so often.

Romantic minds surely make this world a better place to live in. It creates for himself, as well as others an imaginary world of ideal reality where one can venture, whenever he wishes, to find peace and happiness.

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