The for ever ongoing academic debate on aesthetics has had an unfortunate effect on the interpretation of the concept BEAUTY. All to often beauty is viewed as synonym to sentimental, superficial, sweet - chocolate box - or pretty.
Beauty in the true or cosmic sense of the word however implies harmony, order, magnificence and is always awe inspiring. Beauty is omnipresent and perceived by mankind only if there is awareness and acceptance that LIFE is written with capital letters and as such is holy and miraculous.
Beauty in this sense encompasses the entirety of all being.
Questing for beauty in form therefore signifies an intense involvement, respect, love and interaction with all that is alive.
Beauty can move you to tears or allow you to transcend this material plane. Beauty can lure you into her realm of abstraction or give a breathtaking display of her physical presence. Beauty is a given, it is there whether it is perceived or not; it exists outside our interpretations and evaluations. Beauty is not a value judgement and therefore beyond the grasp of personal preference and taste. It cannot be destroyed. If you allow Beauty into your life and if you dare accept her presence in all that is alive, you become blessed and enriched.
Contemplating Beauty has a healing and nourishing effect.
Questing for Beauty therefore implies a constant awareness of all that is alive and a passionate involvement with creation in the fullest sense of the word.
