BEAUTY AS BALM AND WISDOM FOR THE HEART

BEAUTY AS BALM AND WISDOM FOR THE HEART
There are so many ways that we use the word “beautiful.” It can be a triumphant chortle,
as in “I just cut a beautiful deal.” It can be the ironic form of despair, as when things go
badly and one says “That’s just beautiful….” There is sexy beautiful, stylish beautiful,
shy beautiful, and a beautiful mind.
In this erasure collage, I was trying to catch the meaning of beauty as that which inspires
us to feel beautiful in our own hearts, in accord and at peace with the best of ourselves.

Lawrence Sutin