7/6/07

Who can afford to be without beauty? Beauty fills us with passion; it graces us with joy and lights up our existence. A landscape, a piece of music, a film, a dance - suddenly all dreariness is gone, we are left bewitched, we are dazzled. If we get lost in dark despair, beauty takes us back to the Center. With its colorful spontaneity, it regenerates our lives. Beauty changes the force of gravity. It is the promise of a world where all contradictions and pain have vanished. Embrace it, and all greed disappears, for in that moment you are completely disinterested, you are innocent. To savor the beautiful means to glimpse complete goodness, an unconditional yes to life. ~ Piero Ferrucci, Inevitable Grace