Melancholy Philosopher Mugs

Depressed cat says: 'Lives are hard and then, eventually, you die.'

"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."

Lord Byron

Neil Young

"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."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

Trilby - 'Malbrouck s'en va-t'en guerre'.

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

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Our flavors of the day are Prodigal, Importune, and Mal de Siècle."

"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.'

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Tears

Picasso's Blues Period

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

"Fall makes him sad."

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

"I like sad songs."

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

There's a tear in my beer.

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

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

Sad Songs.

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'

Looking miserable out there today...