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February 4, 2007
creation is the beauty of life
Ethics are logical. Aesthetics are mystical. Beauty is the connection between the visible and invisible worlds. Seeing is believing. Beauty is all the religion I need. It's proof of the divine. It makes me want to encourage the best in people and restore the planet to tip-top condition. It makes me want to get out of bed in the morning, and if I'm lucky, it makes me want to get in bed at night.
That's divine, they say, admiring something beautiful. And if it is truly beautiful, it does partake of divinity. Creation is the beauty of life.
Ancient religions were clearly devoted to beauty, but in our commercial, image-built world we sometimes lose the ability to see the connections among beauty and the sublime and the transcendental. In America, under the glare of televangelism, it's sometimes difficult to remember that Christianity had origins in beauty, but a walk through the right cathedral or museum will make most souls come to their senses.
Glenn O'Brien
Posted by amin at February 4, 2007 2:39 PM