Saturday, January 28, 2012
Why Beauty Matters
This video is very thought provoking in regards to beauty and why it matters. Just a warning there are some disturbing images in parts of the film. But overall he does a great job in asking Why Beauty Matters?
Here are some of the things that I wrote down from Roger Scruton:
"Through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as a home. We also come to understand our own nature as spiritual beings. But our world has turned its back on beauty and because of that we find ourselves surrounded by ugliness and alienation. I want to pesuade you that beauty matters. That its not just a subjective thing, but an universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need, we find ourselves in a spiritual desert. I want to show you the path out of that desert. It is a path that leads to home."
"Remedy of chaos and suffering is BEAUTY!
"The beautiful work of art brings consolation in sorrow and affirmation in joy. It shows human life to be worthwhile."
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Thanks for the link to this video--it had some great thoughts about our spiritual and MORAL needs! I wrote down a bunch of quotes from it, too, the willful desecration of beauty being a denial of love, ugly "art"/architechtre being the wallowing in self-disgust and alienation in a spiritual desert... helpful insights!
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