I was lying peacefully in bed this morning, in love with the world, and this life. A feeling of gentle peace had swept over me, even though I heard the rain beginning to fall outside. More rain? Kate says the climate has changed, we now live in a newly tropical rainfall region, and I should just get used to it.
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Aquinas, who had a gift for concise definition, once said that “We call that beautiful which pleases the eye.” It’s hard to improve on the simplicity of that. Pleasing the eye, which includes reading, has always been my goal, and aesthetics my primary value.
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In Mem: 1985 – 2017
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What can we do? Pay attention, look for beauty in all its forms, commit it to memory, let its luminosity seep into our bones. It will accompany us in darkness, urge us forward, and provide comfort and strength until we reach the other side.
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Beauty, in and of itself, is pleasurable. And to contemplate beauty is to evoke pleasure. Not to be mistaken with aesthetic beauty that pleases the worldly senses, beauty in its most true form is an effect that elevates the soul.
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When the form and content of creation match up or complement each other the unexpected happens—beauty. Every moment of aesthetic absorption changes our consciousness and alters ever so slightly the meaning and perhaps the future of human kind.
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When I think of Beauty, it is the energy of form that comes to mind — a certain glimmer at the edges of perception. There is pleasure there, but also true insight, alongside the pride of subjectivity.
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