Beauty and Encouragement
Every time we recognize beauty, we are encouraged. Beauty encourages us to create our life as a living work of art. If we see ourselves surrounded by beauty, we are blessed by it. Moments become meaningful. A hard journey through life becomes not only tolerable, but we feel encouraged enough to believe we can flourish rather than survive.
There are obvious visions of beauty: the sunset over the sea, a child’s sleeping face, a new kitten. But the true disciple of beauty doesn’t stop there. Encouraged by what has become a treasure hunt for gems of beauty, he seeks to find them in the most unlikely places.
Artists of old saw beauty in the mundane, in another man’s trash. They painted the crumbs of a left-over meal, the spill of a wineglass. For where others saw only dirty dishes, the artist saw light as it played on crystal and wine and reflected off a wayward spoon.
They did not paint objects, but a dance of light, playfully leading the eye of the observer across the canvas of a captured moment. A famous painter said at the end of his life that he had never seen anything ugly. These are the words of a true disciple of beauty.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 at 1:20AM
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