On envy & jealousy

is creativity an antidote?

I’ve never been envious or jealous,* of course, but I can imagine it’s a remarkably uncomfortable feeling . . . something like a wave of self-consciousness and distrust collecting in the body and collapsing all strength and rationality, if momentarily, as the mantra repeats, “Why not me?” We evaluate another’s success or read another’s words and might a…