I was thinking earlier about precious objects. It's got late soon and I am too tried to expand now but the gist of it is this; a fine work displays the splendid nature of human possibility. Beautiful hand made objects, precision engineering, works as art or for practical function. I'll leave to one side more abstract works such as music or writing, these too demonstrate the principle but it was more the direct, (still, not dynamic) representation of the principle which came to mind. The relationship with notions of perfection. All the clutter and complexity of everyday objects is somehow parted or set aside and an often delicate, deceptive simplicity is... Is what, revealed is the tempting word but this would not be correct. Is manifest. Common objects can also take on something of this quality when they wear through use, again the perfection in the adaption is manifest. 'Timeless' good design, craft, art, function illustrating some sustaining 'truth'.
There are depths of reality and we move through those depths in the course of our life.
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