Comments on: The Problem of Aesthetics is the Pleasant Preoccupation of the Content – http://explorereality.org/2006/12/31/the-problem-of-aesthetics-is-the-pleasant-preoccupation-of-the-content/ Meditations of an Existential Calvinist Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Unger http://explorereality.org/2006/12/31/the-problem-of-aesthetics-is-the-pleasant-preoccupation-of-the-content/#comment-32 Andrew Unger Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:22:07 +0000 http://explorereality.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/the-problem-of-aesthetics-is-the-pleasant-preoccupation-of-the-content/#comment-32 I look forward to more meditations from you, and hopefully to make some 'musings' of my own. I did want to send you a link to the Anglican church I mentioned when we last spoke. http://www.ofthecross.org/ I hope things bode well for you in the twin cities. Send me an email sometime andrewdunger@gmail.com I look forward to more meditations from you, and hopefully to make some ‘musings’ of my own. I did want to send you a link to the Anglican church I mentioned when we last spoke. http://www.ofthecross.org/
I hope things bode well for you in the twin cities. Send me an email sometime
andrewdunger@gmail.com

]]> By: Laurel http://explorereality.org/2006/12/31/the-problem-of-aesthetics-is-the-pleasant-preoccupation-of-the-content/#comment-30 Laurel Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:33:30 +0000 http://explorereality.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/the-problem-of-aesthetics-is-the-pleasant-preoccupation-of-the-content/#comment-30 I appreciate what you say here. As an artist I know how easy it is to be so caught up in your own art that you can forget to visit a museum and see another's painting. Even when at the museum, it can be so easy to walk by a masterpiece and never get up close enough to appreciate every brush stroke. And how much more do we miss when, as you say, "we refuse to see [the beauty] in our own backyard", not enjoying God's handiwork or every stroke of his loving brush. But I suppose that when you are a part of the painting, it can be harder to see it in all it's beauty and splendor... One day though, we will see Him whom we now see "in a mirror dimly...face to face", in all his beauty and glory. And we will have eternity to enjoy His beauty and all the beauty He has created, free from the distraction and preoccupation of the content. Looking forward with you to seeing, Laurel I appreciate what you say here. As an artist I know how easy it is to be so caught up in your own art that you can forget to visit a museum and see another’s painting. Even when at the museum, it can be so easy to walk by a masterpiece and never get up close enough to appreciate every brush stroke.

And how much more do we miss when, as you say, “we refuse to see [the beauty] in our own backyard”, not enjoying God’s handiwork or every stroke of his loving brush. But I suppose that when you are a part of the painting, it can be harder to see it in all it’s beauty and splendor…

One day though, we will see Him whom we now see “in a mirror dimly…face to face”, in all his beauty and glory. And we will have eternity to enjoy His beauty and all the beauty He has created, free from the distraction and preoccupation of the content.

Looking forward with you to seeing,
Laurel

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