" 'Kosmos' is an aesthetic term [a Greek word] which can best be translated as 'fitting order' . . . The verb KOSMOS means 'to arrange, adorn, furnish.' Our word COSMETICS is closer to the original atmosphere of 'kosmos' than is the Latinate 'universe' . . . Without the aesthetic . . . connotations contained in 'kosmos,' the word today refers only to a vast gasbag, outer, empty, spacey and cold."
James Hillman
Photo: Lemmon's Paintbrush and the Echo Peaks, Yosemite National Park, CA; July 28, 2012
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