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Jaime Fradera
Senior Member

since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

0 posted 2008-02-12 08:06 PM

I have this theory:
that beauty just exists because we want it to.
From our spirits
We just walk around
with all our oils and buckets,
all our paint brushes and colors,
and decorate the universe we want to live in.
We do not need to have eyesight,
only an awareness
of the splendor of our inner spaces.
Beauty can only be apprehended
through the faculty of imagination
and with the eyes of the human heart.

When we see beauty in the diversity of life on Earth,
in those we care about and love,
in all of Creation,
it is only a reflection
of the beauty we possess within ourselves.
It is true that many still think
that the Sun can't shine at Midnite---
-but of course we know better.
Why, even Smiling Ali knows (not my nose)
as perhaps those who have known
the severe and savage beauty of the North,
those who can imagine the cosmic sweep of Time,
and those who can apprehend
the mind paralyzing distances between the stars.

Southern Cross
Note: My email notification is not working even when I check the box for that.
So I am not going to hear back anything.

Why get up if you don't have to?

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2008-02-12 08:20 PM

a most fine 'Universal' write!

I am especially fond of:

"We do not need to have eyesight,
only an awareness
of the splendor of our inner spaces.
Beauty can only be apprehended
through the faculty of imagination
and with the eyes of the human heart.

When we see beauty in the diversity of life on Earth,
in those we care about and love,
in all of Creation,
it is only a reflection
of the beauty we possess within ourselves(!)"

very serious and long-sustained applause!!
~

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

2 posted 2008-02-12 08:27 PM

This was wonderful Jaime.
There is truly beauty in you, and in all you see.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

3 posted 2008-02-12 08:31 PM

Jaime... there is such beauty in your words... wonderful! love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Bobby Jordan
Member

since 2007-08-13

Posts 491
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-02-12 08:51 PM

I'll show my ignorance here, and ask:

Who's this "Smiling Ali" that you're so dismissive of?

Bobby

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2008-02-13 05:24 AM

Fantastic writing...wonderful flow of thoughts...James

effjayel
Senior Member

since 2007-09-30

Posts 1474
At the Crossroads of Infinity

6 posted 2008-02-13 05:35 AM

Enjoyed Jaime, very thought provoking piece

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

7 posted 2008-02-13 10:47 AM

Grinning here, wondering our Alison has read this yet? Yes indeed, the sun shines at midnight (in summer)within the Arctic circle.
You've created a wondrous bit of magic with this write, amigo.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

8 posted 2008-02-13 11:21 AM

nice read

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2008-02-14 03:42 AM

We just walk around
with all our oils and buckets,
all our paint brushes and colors,
and decorate the universe we want to live in.

---

Jaime,

I believe what you believe is beautiful. I also believe that we all 'see' in different ways. If my words show you my photographs, I AM smiling. You have shown us great introspection and observations.

Thank you for writing, sharing and seeing the world I live in.

Your friend,
Ali

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