On Beauty
Perspectives from The Artist's Road
“When we awaken to the call of beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world. We were created to be creators. At its deepest heart, creativity is meant to serve and evoke beauty. When this desire and capacity come alive, new wells spring up in parched ground; difficulty becomes invitation and rather than striving against the grain of our nature, we fall into rhythm with its deepest urgency and passion. The time is now ripe for beauty to surprise and liberate us”.
- John O’Donohue - Beauty: The Invisible Embrace
What is beauty, and why is it so important to us as human beings and as a society? It is a fascinating and endlessly debated question. There is no single, easily tweetable answer to that question. Being an irreducible intangible has its advantages, kind of like the question, “What is Art?”. The deep and profound experiences of beauty and art are at once highly personal and yet, o…