Beauty

Beauty is always somthing which attracts me. My friend Cat recently wrote about it, and last night I watched the interview with Paul Keating. I was fascinated that he is a person who is ultimately motivated by beauty. His story of buying a watch which cost him three months of wages because it was in his words was almost perfect. His listening to classical music I almost got the sense that his found in the sounds a conduit to something Spiritual.

I am attracted to the same sort of things, ultimately I attribute this to God. Yet when I listen to Paul Keating I get the sense that he feels things the same as me, but much more than myself. That he is willing to pay three months wages for a thing of beauty. I bet he also has a costly sound system to hear every tone of beautiful melody which he hears.

I suppose there is a cost t beauty. To implement what you think is the best.

 

Aesthetics

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder",  it is complicated but yes true.
I can remember an up and coming photographer in our youth group who came from the Western District and took heaps of photos of the farm which he was brought up on. There was one of a dead lamb, who knows how it had died, but I was stuck at composition, the light; strangely in the horror of death there was something aesthetically pleasing to me.
On contemplating Steve Jobs death; I think one of the things which made him stand out was aesthetics. He would almost prioritise beauty over function. Grace seems to be easier to apply to something that looks good but doesn't quite do what you desire.

I am a default greenie. But when I think of the reasons I'm a greenie,  tit is aesthetics. The idea of self sufficiency producing only what you need.
Nature is beautiful. I think one of the main apologitics for God, especially in my experience as a Christian is the beauty of nature. Often quoted is Romans 1:20::

²⁰ For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. 

This quote resonates with me deeply.
Working with nature, observing the seasons with garden. It is almost as if you begin to tune into the rhythms of God. There is also technology. Technology which helps come closer to self- sufficiency.  The type of car you drive to the curtains that you have in the windows in your house.

The other aspects which is pleasing, with my reduced consumption of finite resources, are that other may benefit. Be it in developing worlds or more easily quantified future generations.

Yes strangely to me this is aesthetically pleasing...

The Image of the Creator : Steve Jobs

One of glimpses that that you get of our  God, is the footprint he leaves with his creation. The environment is for all to see. You often read in Christian literature of artists or sculptors who's style or impression on a piece of work can easily be spotted and identified. This is reflective of God and his creation.
The passing of Steve Jobs has made me ponder this. In many ways his creation; the apple brand, can be easily spotted. There are not many brands which can be identified in such a global way. His footprint will remain for a long time, with products that have simplicity,  looks which are beautiful and most importantly function as they should.
There are not many people who have lived that have left this sort of legacy before...