Burgerland Roundabout
“In a sense, all the contemporary crises can be reduced to a crisis about the nature of beauty.
The media are becoming the global mirror and the shows tend to enshrine the ugly as the normal standard. Beauty is mostly forgotten and made to seem naïve and romantic.
The blindness of property development creates rooms, buildings and suburbs which lack grace and mystery. Socially this influences the atmosphere in the community. It also results in the degradation of the environment that we are turning more and more of our beautiful earth into a wasteland.
Much of the stress and emptiness that haunts us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the mind becomes coarse and dull if it remains unvisited by images and thoughts which hold the radiance of beauty.
Beauty offers us an invitation to order, coherence and unity. When these needs are met, the soul feels at home in the world.”
– John O’Donohue from Beauty The Invisible Embrace
Racing towards Jidhafs the other morning, I was frustrated when I missed the green light. But as I slowed I saw this new mural painted on the side of the house.
Instantly my heart lifted. No longer did I need to hurry. I was surprised how how peaceful I felt as I waited for the light to change. And I was struck by the power of Beauty.
Thank you Romantic Moments for bringing some Beauty to the Burgerland roundabout.
And thank you John O’Donohue for so eloquently articulating why we need Beauty in our lives. His book Beauty The Invisible Embrace : Rediscovering the True Source of Compassion Serenity and Hope is “a gentle, urgent call to awaken.”
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