Moments of absolute absorption This Emotional Life - PBS

Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Donate Shop PBS Search PBS

Happiness / Video

Moments of absolute absorption

Writer Adam Gopnik finds happiness in being "vigilantly absorbed in some activity."

Topics

Related Videos

Porcupine Love

Porcupine Love

Topics
Happiness? What happiness?

Happiness? What happiness?

  • John Leguizamo

  • For actor John Leguizamo, happiness is finding enjoyment in life's struggles.

Topics
Quit wasting your time

Quit wasting your time

  • Joan Rivers

  • Comedian Joan Rivers claims we've got too much time on our hands to think about whether or not we are happy.

Topics
That juicy state of happiness

That juicy state of happiness

Topics
Life's a rigged game

Life's a rigged game

  • Roz Chast

  • Cartoonist Roz Chast claims that life is a "rigged game" and wonders if happiness is even possible.

Topics
Fleeting moment or state of being?

Fleeting moment or state of being?

  • America Ferrera

  • America Ferrera, the star of the hit TV series, Ugly Betty, ponders whether happiness is an experience that comes and goes or perhaps is something more lasting.

Topics

This Emotional Life is a co-production of the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc. A Film by Kunhardt McGee Productions. ©/™ 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation and Vulcan Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This Web site was produced for PBS Online by elephants & ants.

Funding for This Emotional Life is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Public Television Viewers. Additional funding provided by the University of Phoenix and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Close

Register

Registering allows you to comment on blogs and suggest and review resources on the This Emotional Life website.*Required Fields

  1. Spaces are allowed; punctuation is not allowed except for periods, hyphens, and underscores.
  2. A valid e-mail address. All e-mails from the system will be sent to this address. The e-mail address is not made public and will only be used if you wish to receive a new password or wish to receive certain news or notifications by e-mail.
  3. Please re-type your e-mail address to confirm it is accurate.
  6. Enter your zipcode. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Close

Login

  1. Forgot?
  2. Forgot?
Close

Forgot Username or Password?