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In museums you can see fabulous collections of beautiful things. Plenty of paintings and sculptures and artifacts and such. These are placed here by public consensus, not by the critics, because people know what speaks to their souls. Humans respond to beauty time and again; it is never tiresome! And if you pay attention to yourself, you will discover particular pieces of art **** you in, draw you back, until you stand before them transfixed and marveling. I like landscapes and portraits of people and sculptures in marble, especially sculptures ill-used by time, with missing limbs and lopped-off ears. These are the ones which retain their beauty and become something more, precious, guarded, and loved. These are the ones that remain in museums to prove that beauty and perfection are not the same thing. These are the ones that aren't thrown away, but are cherished and protected because they inspire! And sometimes some humans will be more fortunate than most because into their lives will step a living work of art, flawed and beautiful all at once, endlessly illustrating the Grace of God, imperfectly.
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Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013 at 11:39 AM UTC
Grace of God, Illustrated
In museums you can see fabulous collections of beautiful things. Plenty of paintings and sculptures and artifacts and such. These are placed here by public consensus, not by the critics, because people know what speaks to their souls. Humans respond to beauty time and again; it is never tiresome! And if you pay attention to yourself, you will discover particular pieces of art **** you in, draw you back, until you stand before them transfixed and marveling. I like landscapes and portraits of people and sculptures in marble, especially sculptures ill-used by time, with missing limbs and lopped-off ears. These are the ones which retain their beauty and become something more, precious, guarded, and loved. These are the ones that remain in museums to prove that beauty and perfection are not the same thing. These are the ones that aren't thrown away, but are cherished and protected because they inspire! And sometimes some humans will be more fortunate than most because into their lives will step a living work of art, flawed and beautiful all at once, endlessly illustrating the Grace of God, imperfectly.
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Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013 at 11:39 AM UTC
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