The sublime feeling
Feeling insignificant, at awe, inspired, fearful, and respectful towards nature and life
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The sublime feeling
On the Sublime:
In the presence of the sublime, we are made to feel desperately small. In most of life, a sense of our smallness is experienced as a humiliation (when it happens, for example, at the hands of a professional enemy or a concierge). But the impression of smallness that unfolds in the presence of the Sublime has an oddly uplifting and
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I work out of a starbucks in miami a few days a week.
there’s a barista there that knows my order and she keeps giving it to me for free.
it's been like 18 times now.
today I finally asked, “why me?”
she smiled and said “why not... See more
Sari Azoutsubstack.com
In aesthetics, the sublime (from the Latin sublīmis ) is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual, or artistic. The term especially refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation.
Sublime (philosophy)
This dialogue from Runaway
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Do you know what I hate worst about your world? Anything that is different you try to change. You try to tear it down. You rip the wings off the Phoenix and they turn to stone. And if I don't burn, I will turn to stone.
[Man]
What do you mean burn?
[Phoenix]
If I don't burn I can't go back to my world.
[Man]
I don't
Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Film)
youtube.comWhen you take a hike and you feel a sense of awe at everything that you're seeing, you're experiencing the sublime. In most of life, this sense of “smallness” is experienced as a humiliation. But the sense of smallness in the presence of the sublime has an oddly uplifting effect.
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance... See more
I love the idea of coming face to face with our cosmic insignificance... See more
sublimeinternet.substack.com • Can I Ramble for a Sec?
Sari perfectly captures sublime (the feeling)