Author: clfuu

The Impressionists were on to something when they painted in blurred images that captured light as much as form. Beauty is often less in the things we see than in how we see them.

What do you find beautiful because of what you bring to it?

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
―Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Who have you witnessed becoming more beautiful with age?

Sometimes the most beautiful things are the simplest—a single blade of grass or branch against the sky. But beauty can just as well be as elaborate and outlandish as a toucan or a person covered in paint and glitter and fabulousness.

What over-the-top beauty do you particularly enjoy?

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
―Leo Tolstoy

When have you been led astray by beauty?

Sometimes beauty is in what we don’t see, rather than what we do—the mist that hides the fields, the mountains that obscure the sky. What we catch only in glimpses invites us into wonder.

What partially-known thing intrigues you?