Emotion Experiment 3

This piece is supposed to represent or express a particular emotion. Please let me know what emotion you think it is.

Please pick one choice from the following list of 'negative' emotions:

hate
envy
guilt
anger
anxiety
disgust
jealousy
contempt
disappointment
embarrassment

Additional responses are also welcome (previously).

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posted by leibniz (11 comments total)

I get "anxiety" from it. I decided to look away from your list and just think of an emotion, and then see if what I came up with was there. I thought the music sounded like someone who is anxious, so since that is on your list, it's my guess. I chose it because of the sudden sounds, and the sort of "nagging", repeating sequences that remind me of how an anxious person can't let go of a thought.
posted by edlundart at 3:13 PM on August 25, 2009

Yeah I picked anxiety too before I opened the thread.
posted by pwally at 3:57 PM on August 25, 2009 [1 favorite]

Anxiety was my thought as well.
posted by miratime at 8:21 PM on August 25, 2009

restlessness leading to frustration
posted by wackybrit at 10:53 AM on August 26, 2009

This is cool, but deceiving. What it causes me to feel is joy because I really like it. It reminds me of some old art films I saw when I was a kid and Peter and the Wolf.

I think what it represents is anger. The whistle and piano are interrupted by the sax and fight a little. At the end the piano is saying, "humph!" with its arms crossed.

(If I guessed correctly can I have a gold star? I'd really like one!)
posted by snsranch at 4:46 PM on August 26, 2009

Without reading other responses:

Tentative hope, which quickly turns into sudden humiliation. At the end, caustic scorn rains down.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:52 AM on August 27, 2009

Irritation, in a call and response sorta way.
posted by bigmusic at 6:46 AM on August 27, 2009

Longing.
posted by phrontist at 6:26 AM on August 28, 2009

Frustration is basically anxiety coupled with disappointment.
posted by wackybrit at 3:11 PM on August 28, 2009

Envy?
posted by Hardcore Poser at 4:23 PM on August 30, 2009

Anxiety that leads to disappointment.

Actually, on preview, Karlos nails it with :

Tentative hope, which quickly turns into sudden humiliation. At the end, caustic scorn rains down.
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 8:10 PM on August 30, 2009