"True perception takes place when a gaze encounters - or sees through - another gaze. Thus the Creator needs his creatures to be capable of seeing in order to be able to perceive them . . . In love as in beauty, any true gaze is a mutual gaze. Mutual gazes alone can produce the spark that illuminates . . . And the work of beauty, always arising from a 'between,' is a third thing that, springing from the interaction of the two, allows the two to surpass themselves. If there is transcendence, it lies in this surpassing."
Francois Cheng
"The Way of Beauty"
Photos: (Top) Rosy Paintbrush; (Middle) Marsh-Marigolds; (Bottom) Colorado Columbines; All three photos were taken in the Snowy Range, WY, on July 10, 2015
"The Way of Beauty"
Photos: (Top) Rosy Paintbrush; (Middle) Marsh-Marigolds; (Bottom) Colorado Columbines; All three photos were taken in the Snowy Range, WY, on July 10, 2015
No comments:
Post a Comment