On 7 Jul., 21:22, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> no, YOU!
Molly, I'm surprised at you - the correct answer, as you well know is:
yes, YOU too! :-)
While, as an agnostic in general terms, I don't often use the word
"create", there is, I believe, no other term that is so appropriate
for beauty. It is out of the beauty within ourselves that we create
the beauty which we perceive all around us.
But there is more. Artists are gods who truly create out of nothing -
a beauty which speaks to many, something which is not diminished by
being shared. That, despite personal problems, tortures and
contradictions. Behind all the weirdness (perhaps even perversion) and
the disgusting commercial hype surrounding his death, that was what
Michael Jackson was at his best. There have been other similar
artistic wonders throughout history - Caravaggio comes to mind.
But this beauty, this power to create ex nihilo, is within all of us.
Some are better at it than others. One of the most beautiful artists I
have discovered recently is our very own gnarly hermit of the Arizona
desert, gruff. Reading the poetry he shared with us here made me aware
of his own wonderful beauty (even if I hadn't already had an inkling
of it in his posts).
Francis
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