Killer Whale, Norway (buzzerilla.com)
Thought for the Week
We all appreciate classical beauty. But there’s an even greater in pleasure in discovering the beauty of the unexpected, the asymmetrically balanced, the imperfectly perfect that resonates more deeply with us. Perhaps it’s because we sense that, although very few of us are the former…
We are each capable of becoming the latter.
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
(There are more quotes below the picture gallery)
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” ~Confucius
“There is no exquisite beauty…without some strangeness in the proportion.” ~Edgar Allan Poe
“Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.” ~Tupac Shakur
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ~Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” ~Franz Kafka
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” ~Amy Bloom
The picture of the owl is outstanding and the quote from Franz Kafka is right on target, nice post Mitch.
Thanks, Ernie.
Mitch great photos. Some reminded me of the National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Besides his Afghan Girl 1984 cover he did a lot of people and nature work. We were able to see an exhibition in Chicago a couple years ago.
Brad
How cool. I’d love to have seen that exhibition, Brad.
In a word: beautiful! Thank you, Mitch.
My pleasure, Steve!
AMAZING IMAGES!
I am a believer in the nature of beauty. Thank you for this, Mitch.
My pleasure, Jacqui.
Nature’s beauty truly is a healer, beyond our comprehension. Thanks for reminding me of the power of nature!
Have a nice day!
BBB
You too, BBB.
But for some things, their “time” has either passed or is not yet. Not all things are always beautiful.