by Maurice Prendergast
Thanks to a Friend for sending us this beautiful art
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We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked by dew. . . . Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful. . . and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
~Desmond Tutu
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Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry,
and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind,
life would lose half its charm.
~Herbert Spencer
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Beauty abounds in the most surprising locales and within even the most soul-searing experiences. We simply need to look for beauty and take the time to appreciate and digest what we see. I agree with Margaret Wolfe Hungerford's quote "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and would add that beauty is also in the beholder's ability to see. . . . In order to enjoy everyday beauty, you need a desire to see it and the willingness to open your heart to it. It helps when you go about your day expecting to be blessed by beauty everywhere you look and turn. Expecting and paying attention to the beauty of the moment will draw to you loveliness beyond imagination. Appreciating and reveling in beauty can soothe your soul, relax your body, and immerse you in gratitude.
~Sue Patton Thoele