Thursday 17 January 2008

BEAUTY


Sometimes I look at the lights twinkling on a chemical factory, or the steam rising from cooling towers - and think how beautiful they are!

It’s a right nuisance.

5 comments:

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Unknown said...

And the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb?

Susan Harwood said...

Anthony

It's interesting, that.

Some things look beautiful or interesting, even if I wish they didn't exist.

But the fear I experience when confronted with images of mushroom clouds means I can't step back far enough to 'see' them objectively.

(I suspect though, that, if I could, I'd find them 'interesting' rather than 'beautiful'.)

Susan

Susan

Chris P said...

Liked your original comment, Susan - too many people think "natural" = "beautiful" and "human-made" = "ugly" or perhaps "useful" = "ugly".
Factories and old pithead gear have a beauty that some of us do appreciate.
Anthony's comment reminds me of my youthful love of planes and the air force which was rather spoiled when I realized the whole point was to be able to kill lots of people - in self-defence, of course :-{{

Susan Harwood said...

Chris . . .

There's also a temptation to think beauty and goodness are necessarily connected . . . wishful thinking!

And another temptation . . . to impose 'right or wrong' labels to things which are morally neutral.

Susan