But what I realized is that if you go through the intensity of emotion, at some point there's an awakening that opens you up to another plane of consciousness. Most of the time, people will not start praying until they're under a lot of emotional stress. Then they start thinking about what will uplift them. The purpose of opera is to uplift people. The whole pace of life is faster.
Families are often apart.
The media give you so much information. Even children find out things maybe they shouldn't, or maybe they should. This overload of information changes the nature of emotion. People know about psychology, so they are aware of their emotion in a different way than they used to be. What used to be considered romantic in the 19th century is now considered neurotic.