David Hume
This is one of the truest of truths. Beauty is not generally a notion that can be defined, reproduced and agreed upon. I know that people and scholars and philosophers nad writers and others have tried, but it is such a personal experience.
The things I gasp at; that take my breath away; that make me feel transported and uplifted and so glad to be alive, do not have the same effect on others.
They might walk past them, not notice them or be affronted by them.
So it is unlikely that things themselves can have beauty as an inherent and known quality. It is far more likely that we experience beauty as we look upon them - that they trigger whatever chemical release or synaptic connection that we associate with the idea of beauty.
I guess it's just another way of saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Altho as I tried to find if there was an originator of this phrase I should reference, I discovered this interesting article.
I find this drain cover quite beautiful. It is calming and restful to look at - the grid of dots, the patina on the metal and the concrete... Beautiful!
the ineffable quality of beauty
ReplyDeleteSo very true the truism is true!
Deletemaybe you could make arubbing of that lovely dot print and use it for a future project !?
ReplyDeleteAn excellent idea Annick - I walk past it often so I could definitely stop one day…go well.
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