Re: MD A question about beauty

From: edeads (edeads@prodigy.net)
Date: Sun May 09 2004 - 23:50:23 BST

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    who knows, but i do get a greater sense of dynamic quality when it is
    present. my gumption to move onward, and move onward well, increases.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:55 PM
    Subject: MD A question about beauty

    > All,
    >
    > Many of you know of my passion for beauty. I know it when I see it, but
    > for the life of me I cannot figure out what universal qualities are
    > present in such disparate things as:
    >
    > -- a prize winning rose
    > -- Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
    > -- Michelangelo's Pieta
    > -- a Zen garden
    > -- Milton's sonnet on blindness
    > -- a fireworks display
    > -- diamond glints on snow
    > -- gentle autumn rain
    > -- a baby's smile
    > -- puppies playing in spring sunshine
    > -- the lilt of a song
    >
    > I suspect the generic qualities of beauty have something to do with forms
    > that occur on a deep level in the universe and in ourselves, but forms I'm
    > unable to identify or describe other than to recognize them when they
    > appear in various manifestations..
    >
    > Does the MOQ in any way suggest what the universal qualities of beauty
    > might be?
    >
    > Thanks for your thoughts.
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
    >
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