The ability to see beauty in unexpected places is a gift. A person with this gift can never be truly poor or deprived.
In essence, it’s the act of discovering a speck of gold—or even a nugget—hidden in the mud. For most, there’s nothing there. But for the prospector, it’s El Dorado.
Talk of creation, and it seems the gifted pulls worth from thin air. But that’s not true. He frees beauty from the prison of formless matter that once bound it.
The maker dives to the bone of things. He discerns one from another.
In this sense, everything—order, abundance, harmony, fullness—already exists. Always was, always will. In us, out there.
What blinds us is our inability to appreciate what's hidden from all eyes.
Fortunately, a little more faith in the unseen—and a bit more attention to yourself, to others, and to the world—and wild sparks start to paint the dull days bright.
By the way, the photo shows the inner world of a Hopf violin from 1880.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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