Meditations in an Emergency

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The power of beauty

The power of beauty

Two questions, seemingly related

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Jan 13, 2024
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“The Levee” (1884), Currier and Ives

My therapist asked me two weeks ago what I find so powerful about beauty. Tough question, and I didn’t have a good answer in the moment, and the question’s still burrowing, bugging me at night.

Is it the moment of transportation? The beguilement?

Then two people asked me separately this week what I’m snobby about. Agai…

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