We report the clean experimental realization of cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau physics in a single driven, damped system. Four numerically predicted categories of complex dynamical behavior and pattern formation are identified for bright and dark solitary waves propagating around an active magnetic thin film-based feedback ring: (1) periodic breathing; (2) complex recurrence; (3) spontaneous spatial shifting; and (4) intermittency. These nontransient, long lifetime behaviors are observed in microwave spin wave envelopes circulating within a dispersive, nonlinear yttrium iron garnet waveguide operating in a ring geometry where the net losses are directly compensated for via linear amplification on each round trip O(100 ns). The behaviors exhibit periods ranging from tens to thousands of round trip times O(µs) and are stable for 1000s of periods O(ms). We present 10 observations of these dynamical behaviors which span the experimentally accessible ranges of attractive cubic nonlinearity, dispersion, and external field strength that support the self-generation of backward volume spin waves in a four-wave-mixing dominant regime. Three-wave splitting is not explicitly forbidden and is treated as an additional source of nonlinear losses. These long lifetime behaviors of bright solitary waves span the categories of dynamical behavior previously numerically predicted to be observable and represent a complete experimental verification of the cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation as a model for the study of fundamental, complex nonlinear dynamics for driven, damped waves evolving in nonlinear, dispersive systems. These observed behaviors are persistent over long times and robust over wide parameter regimes, making them very promising for technological applications. The dynamical pattern formation of self-generated dark solitary waves in attractive nonlinearity, however, is entirely novel and is reported for both the periodic breather and complex recurrence behaviors. All behaviors are identified in the group velocity co-moving frame. For (1) periodic breathing, we find that four or fewer bright or dark solitary waves may exhibit breathing with stable periods ranging from tens to hundreds of round trip times. The location of the solitary waves within the ring are seen to shift predictably while maintaining both peak solitary wave amplitudes and widths. For (2) complex recurrence, we find the periodic recurrence of interactions of three or more bright or dark solitary wave peaks is observed with stable recurrence times varying from hundreds to tens of thousands of round trips. For (3) spontaneous spatial shifting, we find spontaneous relocation of otherwise stable underlying ring dynamics is characterized by the instantaneous shift in location, in the group velocity frame, of the solitary waves while maintaining all other characteristics of the behavior. The time between shifts is unpredictable. Finally, for (4) intermittency, the dynamical behavior observed within the feedback ring shifts between two or more...