Interesting Stuff Beauty and Mental Health - The article is about architecture and how certain types of ugly architecture literally create more pain. As in, recovering patients with a view of a brick wall will want more painkillers and take longer to recover than ones with a view of beautiful scenery. Modern architecture is decidedly ugly and the article posits that a large part of our current dissatisfaction is caused by the general ugliness around us. I suspect that’s also the case, not just of architecture, but art in general.