Boredom, as I like to think Santino illustrates, is a pretty straightforward emotion.
In a line indicative of the straightforward emotion Mr. Abreu brings to his recordings, he sings, "I bet these lyrics have got the police really vexed, but to be damned by the devil is to be truly blessed".
Alongside all this trickiness, Martel places truisms and straightforward, unanalyzed emotions.
For a moment the elaborate artifice takes a back seat to straightforward human emotion.
He was a no-baloney actor who conveyed straightforward, simply defined emotion, whether it was anger, heartbreak, lust or sympathy.
Also less is more: writing about something in a plain, straightforward way often conveys emotion more strongly than flowery, sentimental language.
He had already soaked up the lesson of the Beatles that catchy, seemingly straightforward songs could sketch complex emotions and hold wily harmonic changes.
In a quiet, straightforward, unspectacular way, Mr. Thomson stirs emotions we usually try to keep at bay, telling the story of an unnamed man who is kidnapped by three women and used as a sex slave for 18 days.
He said: "When you are disciplined it is straightforward [to keep control of your emotions].
If this blog has raised questions for you in relation to the concept of love as an emotion, see Paul's book, "Emotions Revealed", for a straightforward and easy to read of this fascinating area.
