tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post6670303821458231743..comments2024-02-29T10:14:57.263-06:00Comments on Diaristic Notations: Where did the beauty come from?Kim Mosleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17658600791743162004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-90565810055332717362010-11-16T17:59:06.145-06:002010-11-16T17:59:06.145-06:00Beauty is a difficult reality. There is of course ...Beauty is a difficult reality. There is of course the obvious and fleeting beauty that is the provenance of youth and health and sexual attraction. But then there is also that other kind of beauty that we see in a sunset and landscape. And then there is the even more esoteric beauty that can be seen in dank alleys and broken buildings, rusty metal and half rotted dolls. Beauty is not gravity. Beauty is entirely a quality of perception and has no reality beyond human perceptions and values. So maybe the question is what are the values and perceptions that define what beauty is? Nature seems always to be beautiful. The play of light as it illuminates reality speaks of something a step beyond explaining. The beauty of the human form is the lesson of endeavor and the object of desire. Beauty is the coded message of the physical that points to the divine.Peter vzMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080700650197593780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-36134379468617359892010-11-16T14:33:39.183-06:002010-11-16T14:33:39.183-06:00Today I read “For me now, any question of identity...Today I read “For me now, any question of identity becomes profound and difficult. Without memory you lose the idea of who you are. I am struggling more than ever to find answers to question of identity. I am flooded with early memories preserved in protected places of my brain where Alzheimer’s does not reign supreme. These memories become the last remnants of my search for who I am,” from Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer’s by Thomas DeBaggioKate Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826311771326897525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-90244724481245987862010-11-16T11:27:08.884-06:002010-11-16T11:27:08.884-06:00Gratitude and a sense of Wonder.Gratitude and a sense of Wonder.JW Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008872390489963790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610430154861217625.post-23185140607932090702010-11-16T10:10:25.153-06:002010-11-16T10:10:25.153-06:00Be happy, don't worry. H.Be happy, don't worry. H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com