Wednesday, July 04, 2018
A Thing Of Beauty...
By: Donovan Baldwin
They say that a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
I always take that with the proviso that it's "forever" as long as it's held in mind and memory.
Physical objects can decay and go away... including people.
A song once forgotten, sung no more... a poem no longer remembered or recited... effectively ceases to cast its "joy" on the world. The memory of an act of kindness, or the giddy heights of true love, will end with the passing of the giver, the getter, and the lovers.
Maybe that's why we need to keep creating beauty.
Maybe that's the "forever" part.
Maybe the thing of beauty is us very human humans continuing to TRY to be, to think, to live... better.
I always take that with the proviso that it's "forever" as long as it's held in mind and memory.
Physical objects can decay and go away... including people.
A song once forgotten, sung no more... a poem no longer remembered or recited... effectively ceases to cast its "joy" on the world. The memory of an act of kindness, or the giddy heights of true love, will end with the passing of the giver, the getter, and the lovers.
Maybe that's why we need to keep creating beauty.
Maybe that's the "forever" part.
Maybe the thing of beauty is us very human humans continuing to TRY to be, to think, to live... better.
Labels: beauty, donovan baldwin, human, humans, joy, love
# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 8:07 AM 
