John Keats said that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Not that I'm questioning Keats, whose poem Endymion has been around for two hundred years, but beauty is not really known for just bringing joy. Prettiness brings joy. Prettiness brings a smile on your face. But prettiness is the opposite of beauty.
Beauty is vague and puzzling. It haunts and lingers. Beauty surprises. It makes you question the world. It inspires you to action. It stirs up half a dozen different emotions. It turns nos into yeses. It can push you to your limits if it wants to. You can't take your eyes off it when it's there, yet you can't seem to properly describe it when it's gone.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
To-do List for 2010
- To remember that true generosity has a very poor memory.
- To be kind, for everyone I meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato
- To always remember the paradoxical truth: everything in this earth is precious but at the same time insignificant.
- To never harbor anger, hatred and bitterness: it is inward and selfish to do so.
- To remember that keeping myself from expressing appreciation and love is also inward and selfish.
- To find out everything about something or somebody first before deciding that I don't like it/him/her.
- To remember that the only way happiness will not be fleeting is if I acquired it because I helped others.
- To be kind, for everyone I meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato
- To always remember the paradoxical truth: everything in this earth is precious but at the same time insignificant.
- To never harbor anger, hatred and bitterness: it is inward and selfish to do so.
- To remember that keeping myself from expressing appreciation and love is also inward and selfish.
- To find out everything about something or somebody first before deciding that I don't like it/him/her.
- To remember that the only way happiness will not be fleeting is if I acquired it because I helped others.
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