"To the illumined mind, the whole world burns and sparkles with light,"

Ralph Waldo Emerson offers profound insights into perception, awareness, and the interplay between the inner self and the external world.

How can we-as individuals- bring more "light" to our own lives or the lives of others?

"Beauty will save the world."
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

It’s both a profound truth and a critique of human failure to live up to the ideals beauty represents.

What do we define as beautiful?

How can beauty, in its truest sense, transform our lives and society?

#Art #Humanity #Philosophy

"Aesthetic experience is one of empathy and imaginative identification. To see beauty is to see oneself in a reflection of the world."
– John O'Donohue

We shine our most beautiful in each other's lights. Let's glow for each other when it gets dark.

#Aesthetics #Philosophy #Art #Humanity #Kindness

“We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination, and when you step outside the mass hallucination you see it for what it's worth.” Terrence McKenna

Culture: attributions of meaning to forms around us. Discuss.
#Philosophy #Aesthetics #Art #Education #Culture #Reflection

Monet’s haystacks in snow show how light transforms even the ordinary. Whether the exploration of the light or the illumination itself, beauty manifests.

What in your daily life feels like a ‘snow-covered haystack,’ mundane yet radiant?

#Art #Creativity #Reflections #ArtTeachers #Journaling

Interoception (noun): the ability to sense and understand what's happening inside your body.

Reflective practice:
If your life was to become a movie, what title would you give it? If you want, add any details such as genre, official soundtrack etc.

#WkndReflections #Creativity #Art #Education

"The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs." – James Allen
Perseverance transforms. How are you preserving your strength for the days of growth ahead? #Philosophy #Aesthetics #Winter #Reflection #Healing

"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." – John Steinbeck

#Artists , if you're going through winter right now, literally or metaphorically, how do you use the stillness of winter? What is your winter? #WinterReflections #Steinbeck