Melancholic Muse Mugs

"The pit of despair. That's new, isn't it?"

A depressed artist imagines a drawing, but it turns black.

"Happy hour makes it all worthwhile!"

The Bar & Grill of Ordinary Men: Quiet Desperation 11 am - closing (Karaoke on Saturday)

Pastorius wonders why.

I've decided to shift down a few gears.'

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

Neil Young

Lord Byron

'I hate my life.

"Half-full. Those were the days."

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

'As I feared, the X-ray shows that you are crying inside.'

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

Tears

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

Just go ahead and draw - I can't hit the broad side of a barn lately. Naw, I ain't really in the mood today. Low Noon.

Picasso's Blues Period

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'

There's a tear in my beer.

"I like sad songs."

Sad Songs.