After the events of yesterday at our Nation's capital, I stayed up late to see some of the debate in the Senate. I was inspired by the speech given by Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska (no worries, this isn't a political post, but I just wanted to show the context of this quote.)
Senator Sasse said, in part, "It turns out that when something [the events of yesterday] is ugly talking about beauty isn’t just permissible, talking about beauty is obligatory at a time like that"
So.
We take a deep, cleansing breath. We think of a peaceful place - let's say, Florida, just about two years ago today.
We look at a butterfly, a work of Nature.
Humankind's art at its best (John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota).
One last look at the beauty of our country. It's still out there, if we look.
Exhale.
...the ugly core of this country has been exposed.
ReplyDeletePerfect post.
ReplyDeleteAs Songbird posted, this is perfect for today. Being on the west coast I was only up past my bedtime a bit, so stayed up to see it all. While I am most likely 100% opposite to Lindsey Graham's politics, I was very impressed by his speech.
ReplyDeleteAlas, it was hard to be surprised by yesterday's events. But yes, we need the cleansing of beauty to get through.
ReplyDeleteOnly if one just examines the veneer...
ReplyDeleteSo very lovely. I liked his speech also.
ReplyDeleteWe got sucked into the news yesterday and today we took all long cleansing walk. Though we live in the mountains in Canada and we have had a warmish winter. Walking through the trees with snow covering the ground, it was glorious! I am a little jealous of your walk though...I miss the ocean
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