You see, our attitude is our mind.
In effect, it can translate much of what our senses relay.

Like me, "profound" hearing loss since infancy, without amplification, it lacks the capacity to feed me everything "normal" hearing affords others. I often react/reply, to another persons question that is not even close....
And I wonder why I get weird looks...my eyes are good, btw  

If they didn't stop the conversation right there, asking me what in the heck I meant.....then both of us lost out at the gift of expression, and exchange, and go forward based on ignorance.

I now left them with a impression, or attitude, about me, that wasn't based in truth, but misconceptions.....we both lose out with such a scenario

It’s not tangible—it's something we control, our attitude,
and have a choice over.

Surgeons can open you up and do brain surgery, but no surgeon can open you up to see your mind, let alone do surgery on it, only YOU CAN.

My part, for years, I had no idea I had a hearing problem, I had nothing to compare it to, as if  heard good, then noticed I couldn't....

I developed the technique of guessing what others were saying, meaning, instead of asking them to please repeat, etc......

I stopped that early on as some folks would get irritated, and as a kid, I knew better than to invite that...YIKES.
I am pretty certain I would have been labeled ADD, for just not paying attention...but this was way back before they started on medication, etc,.

So, my "attitude" toward lots of things were based on falsehood.

Factor that in with gathering input/information based elsewhere on summation, assumptions, opinions, etc, by others, I had then in effect forfeited my own senses and defaulted to those of others.....which then shaped my attitude, rightly, or wrongly......

That is why I am all screwed up  

Anyway.....attitude is way more than the toxic expression so many appear to hide behind, its also a valuable link to investigate oneself at finding many riddles (WHAT DID THEY SAY?)  to the things that plague us with neediness, anger, resentments, etc, which block us off from our natural joy.......

DID YOU HEAR ME?  

PEACE!      

My personal thoughts are that emotion is a factor that contributes but does not have to influence attitude.

Oh man, I love how you stated that...... I'm stealing it  

Not sure where you came to that conclusion......????

Our emotions serve a wide variety of purposes.
Emotions can be fleeting, persistent, powerful, complex, and even life-changing. They can motivate us to act in particular ways and give us the tools and resources we need to interact meaningfully in our social worlds.

Lets use a current topic to illustrate emotions gone astray....

Do you think Jussie Smollett's emotion served him well?

Do you think those who reacted quickly to the news story when first reported waited for facts, or acted out of emotions?

I try and use my emotions to raise my awareness of myself, in how and why I feel a certain way, in any given circumstance.
Is it clarifying it, or adding to it, my thoughts and actions, or muddying my thoughts with more uncertainties and confusion....if yes, then I try not and react, under those circumstances.

Does that help?

Thanks Eegore, appreciate your response.....  

Mike, I am thinking maybe this will help too.....????

You as a artist, your talent is expressed with emotions, and the finished product is the resulting.

Your feeling/emotions is the root from where ALL interpretations spring forth.....yes?

Now a "good" artist, one who can "market" his expressions, needs other tools as well to generate a lifestyle that will allow him to stay in that place where he/she can continue to create and express those emotions.

Now the "artist" must decide "for themselves" if "commercializing" their work enhances their abilities to create more, or subtract from it.....

I can't tell you which.....society might say something like this: WTF, you can make $$$$ doing that, and not having to work a 9 to 5'ver, thats a slam dunk....!!"

But just because their opinion is based more on money, than perhaps why the artist creates in the first place, makes neither "emotion/feeling" wrong, no, just different based on their needs and perspective.....

Does that make any sense....I'm not sure