 The only emotion that reliably predicted their greatest and most profound works was the emotion of sorrow. And is there a link between creativity and this bittersweetness? So we did find that there's a link between people who score high on the bittersweet quiz and a state that's known as absorption, which predicts creativity. And there's also a real correlation between the bittersweet state and experiencing in general awe and wonder and spirituality. There just seems to be some kind of connection. And I think we all know this instinctively. There's almost a cliche in our culture about this link. And people say, well, that's just a cliche and we shouldn't really go there. But I think the reason we're afraid of going there is because we assume that bittersweetness and melancholy must mean depression. And that is a total myth.