A quote from Beauty
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A quote from Beauty
What's beautiful depends on who we are, what we've encountered, where we live, and when. Likewise, the art that opens us to the chaotic stream of reality-the art we find beautiful-changes with time and with us, as we evolve. Beauty, I'd come to think, doesn't have to have a physical form, and it certainly doesn't have to be something we agree on. B
... See morefrom Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker
Debbie Foster and added
We train our focus on beauty here or there—this poem, that architecture—because it is easier than bearing witness to our own story. We begin to gravitate not toward beauty but toward illusion. In this state, you are not approaching what you seek. You are running from your own face. But this is not the way of wonder. Wonder requires a person not to
... See morefrom This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
- Consider, by way of example, something as prosaic as an encounter with another person. Such an encounter will be resonant only when we offer ourselves to the encounter in such a way that we can be affected or moved by the other person and when we, in turn, can respond in kind to this call. As Illich might say, it is a willingness to be surprised by... See more
from The Paradox of Control by theconvivialsociety.substack.com
Alex Wittenberg added
Beauty isn’t all about just nice loveliness, like. Beauty is about more rounded, substantial becoming. So I think beauty in that sense is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of grace and elegance, a deeper sense of depth, and also a kind of homecoming for the enriched memory of your unfolding life. - John O'Donohue
Morgan Harper Nichols and added
More than the grand beauties of our lives, wonder is about having the presence to pay attention to the commonplace. It could be said that to find beauty in the ordinary is a deeper exercise than climbing to the mountaintop.
from This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
On Beauty and Being Just
Exploring the relationship between beauty, consciousness, errors in perception, and the role of beauty in education, using examples from art, literature, and philosophy.
Lia and added
- Yes — I think you have to, at some level, in some form, have the feeling for how things might be different and better in order to make a great discovery. I think you can be lucky, but even if you’re lucky and stumble into something, you’ve got to realize that it’s something and that you should pursue it. And that is usually driven by some feeling f... See more
from Beauty as a Compass for Truth by On Being
Jay Matthews added