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John Durrant's avatar

The deep shame of disgust is a perfect contrast to the longing for beauty you describe. Nietzsche asserted that "Without music, life would be a mistake." - this is our forgotten essence, beauty is divine.

Thanks for sharing your stories.

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David B. Godin's avatar

Yes! We’re ashamed of our need for divinity and for beauty - so we seek it in the shadows and feel it to be an awful aspect of our characters. We cannot live without a connection beauty.

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