tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916523607533787507.post5356080737206391588..comments2022-10-09T19:55:56.658-05:00Comments on Wildspell: The temple of beautyWyld Oakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07724169384339460086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916523607533787507.post-2854640977153203642013-03-27T17:43:02.205-05:002013-03-27T17:43:02.205-05:00Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment! Mu...Thank you for your kind and thoughtful comment! Much of what I've read about the Native American beliefs feels wise and right to me. It is a lovely idea that our longing for beauty is in part a longing to find a reflection of ourselves in the universe around us. Which makes me think of how sometimes we love ourselves as reflected in a person we love (or think we love, as the case may be)....Wyld Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724169384339460086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1916523607533787507.post-32724147416885035012013-03-27T08:35:06.545-05:002013-03-27T08:35:06.545-05:00These are lovely musings, Carmine. I think I'd...These are lovely musings, Carmine. I think I'd love to visit an art museum with you.<br /><br />It reminds me of something I'd read once... when European explorers were questioning Native Americans about the cost of their land, the Native Americans in turn were at a loss. The idea that their land could be an object of trade was completely foreign to them. The interconnection of their land and their lives was inseparable in their minds. <br /><br />"...I felt cracked open by beauty, once again. If only one could embrace a painting in thanks...I sent love back to it, the sentient, living being that it is." This is beautiful! I love this, the poetry, the poignancy. <br /><br />I like to think that the space within us... the spark of consciousness that shares its experience with God, with the universe longs for beauty, for a reflection of itself.... Just a thought. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397400242153470523noreply@blogger.com