{"id":10246,"date":"2022-09-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=10246"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:11:48","slug":"on-precipitation-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/29\/on-precipitation-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"On Precipitation &#038; Emotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"On%20Precipitation%20%26%20Emotion\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Precipitation is not the most writerly word. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, ice crystals&#8211;these are more likely to show up in your writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be annoyingly specific, precipitation is any sort of water particle, frozen or liquid that falls and reaches the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drizzle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ice Pellets (I had my hand slapped if I called this sleet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow Pellets (or small hail)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snow Grains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ice Crystals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, writers (me included) stick to rain and\/or snow in their fictional tomes. They are the most prevalent and well-known of the precipitation types, but both of these actually conjure up different emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I ran <a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/11\/a-little-experiment-with-weather-emotions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my experiment on weather and emotions<\/a>, I discovered there was no one clear winner when it came to rain. In fact, the only emotion that wasn&#8217;t associated with rain&nbsp;was trust. <strong>No element<\/strong> really leaned toward trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess no one trusts the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are two charts where rain showed up more prominently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Disgust_distribution.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sadness_distribution.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A note on the above two images<\/strong>: percentages are relative to that weather element, not to each other. Using the above left chart as an example, 14% of all <strong>rain <\/strong>weather pictures fell into the <strong>disgust <\/strong>spectrum, which also includes loathing, boredom, contempt, and remorse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rain <\/strong>came in second to heat under the emotion of <strong>sadness<\/strong>. It also came in second to wind along the emotional spectrum of <strong>disgust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pitter-patter of constant rain&nbsp;on the roof of a house can certainly bring about feelings of boredom or even thoughts of remorse. This is not true of deluges\u2014rain that falls in buckets, to use the clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While rain is second to wind, it is important to note that rain is often used in situations when you want to <strong>slow the action down<\/strong>. Having your character step inside out of the rain and drink tea while looking out a window, can bring up other emotions, however, like pensiveness or anticipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Snow<\/strong>, on the other hand, had differing results. With snow, the majority opinion was that of <strong>joy<\/strong>, to include ecstasy, serenity, optimism, and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, ecstacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(As a side note, since my methodology was so sound (ahem), I had to go back and remove all those survey entries that listed \u201cecstasy\u201d for every single picture. I mean, I know the weather is exciting, but not every picture should bring up that emotion.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the right is a chart depicting the emotions most associated with pictures of snow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Snow_mapped.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this always the case? Do descriptions of snow always conjure up feelings of joy, ecstasy, serenity, optimism, or love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a passage from <em>The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby<\/em> by Charles Dickens. You tell me what emotion is intended here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night and the snow came on together, and dismal enough they were. There was no sound to be heard but the howling of the wind; for the noise of the wheels, and the tread of the horses&#8217; feet, were rendered inaudible by the thick coating of snow which covered the ground, and was fast increasing every moment.<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; From <em>The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby<\/em> by Charles Dickens<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you chose anticipation or vigilance, you might be on to something. Dickens uses the image of increasing snow to increase the dread in the reader in an event which leads to an accident on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other Precipitation Types<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what of the other precipitation types? While I did not specifically call them out in my study, I do have a few thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drizzle <\/strong>(droplets of precipitation less than 0.5 mm in diameter) lowers the visibility. As I mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/21\/on-fog-emotions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my post on fog and emotion<\/a>, lowered visibility conjures up feelings of <strong>joy <\/strong>(ecstasy, serenity, optimism and love), <strong>anticipation <\/strong>(vigilance, interest, aggressiveness and optimism), and <strong>fear<\/strong> (terror, apprehension, submission and awe). It all depends on how you set the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also use a light drizzle to &#8220;dampen the mood.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ice pellets<\/strong> are interesting. When I was in school for all things meteorology, I was told to never call ice pellets <strong>sleet<\/strong>. Sleet is not a real thing (as far as my instructor was concerned). But it is to most people, and most people feel chilled, anxious, or annoyed when there is sleet outside. Think about driving in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Snow grains<\/strong> are essentially frozen drizzle, but as rain does not bring up the same emotional response as snow, snow grains are unlikely going to bring up the same emotions as drizzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frankly, I have never read a story where snow grains are incorporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my experiment, I did in fact have some images of <strong>hail<\/strong>. Since hail is associated with thunderstorms, however, the responses to those images fell along the same spectrum as extreme weather, that is <strong>fear <\/strong>with a slight lean toward <strong>anticipation <\/strong>and <strong>rage<\/strong>. Rage makes sense if you imagine hail beating crops to death or breaking car windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, we get to <strong>ice crystals<\/strong>. I love ice crystals and first saw them when I was living in Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ice crystals can come in the forms of columns, needles, plates or dendrites. They are so small that they seem to be suspended in air and occur at very low temperatures in a stable atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ice_crystal_pillars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ice_crystal_pillars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ice_crystal_pillars.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ice_crystal_pillars-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light reflected through ice crystals may cause a &#8216;light pillar&#8217; or optical effect above the light source. To me, it always looked like <strong>diamond dust<\/strong> and signified it was freaking cold outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have no idea what emotion ice crystals might conjure, but like snow grains, I haven&#8217;t come across them in my reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn more in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19927\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"There are many forms of precipitation--from snow to rain to ice crystals and more--and therefore many ways a writer can use it for emotion.\" class=\"wp-image-17591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/precip_and_emotion_pin.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"On%20Precipitation%20%26%20Emotion\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many forms of precipitation&#8211;from snow to rain to ice crystals and more&#8211;and therefore many ways a writer can use it for emotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,15],"tags":[157,12],"class_list":["post-10246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","category-writing-2","tag-weather","tag-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On Precipitation &amp; Emotion - Benjamin X. 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