Beauty
Following this, the author identifies four properties of beauty: first, beauty is sacred, it belongs to the realm of divinity, of goodness, of our quest for perfection; second, beauty is unprecedented, in the sense that it is a novel experience for the subject; thirdly, beauty is life-saving; and finally, beauty incites deliberation.
Beatriz Acevedo • We need beauty. Review of Elaine Scarry “On Beauty and Being Just”
It is all part of my cunning plan to make adornment, decoration and material beauty a living tradition again amongst everyday people who have lost the confidence to make beauty as they see fit, rather than how they are told. To make beauty freely, rather than allowing the dictates of coolness, influencers or mass-production set a standardised,
... See moreI am way more handy now I find time for radical acts of ridiculous beauty as often as I possibly can
Caroline Ross
There is a relentless search for the factual and this quest often lacks warmth or reverence…
The wisdom of tradition reminds us that if we choose to journey on the path of truth, it then becomes a sacred journey to walk hand in hand with beauty
John O' Donohue, beauty p 57
The things you have to do are not interesting because you have to do them, so there is no question
Why do something you didn't have to do IS a question.
All these things that are not the most efficient way you could do something attach meaning, because of the ‘why would you do that?’ that's attached to it
Dougald Hine
https://youtu.be/MjWFZ44Xch4?si=vw
... See more“Having tasted beauty at the heart of the world, we hunger for more.” These are words of the Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek in his book,
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Krista Tippett • Beauty as a Compass for Truth
These practices (movement, ritual, creativity, connection) have been my anchor. They are how I reclaim my power when everything around me feels out of control. When my attention gets foggy, I feel lost and powerless. But when I’m rooted in practice (tarot rituals, evening reading, pressing flowers, scribbling in notebooks...) clarity returns. These... See more
Natalie Brite • The Summer I Turned to Creativity as a Form of Refusal
The right hemisphere knows what is good, true and beautiful. It is the cognitive processor of the awe, wonder, respect and deep sense of meaning found in the sacred.