“...At the moment one comes into the presence of something beautiful, it greets you. It lifts away from the neutral background as though coming forward to welcome you—as though the object were designed to ‘fit’ your perception....It is as though the welcoming thing has entered into, and consented to, your being in its midst. Your arrival seems contractual, not just something you want, but something the world you are now joining wants.”—Elaine Scarry Is this about encountering a masterpiece, God...The next season of your life? You be the judge. #astoundingparagraph #gorgeouswords #profoundthoughts














