Positive Psychology: Charles Mingus - Take the 'A' Train

Friday, December 20, 2019

Charles Mingus - Take the 'A' Train - Live At Montreux (1975) [11-12]

Charles Mingus: bass

George Adams: tenor saxophone and vocals

Don Pullen: piano

Jack Walrath: trumpet

Dannie Richmond: drums

Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone

Benny Bailey: trumpet

Link: https://youtu.be/GG5ft6-qzsY

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."