Encouter with Beauty- Written Jan 9th

 1/5 entries to assigned class books or journal articles.

Was written in class as an assignment.


An example where you have encountered beauty

  • My granny dancing at a family gathering


Reflect on the encounter (think, feel, sense, experience)

  • I felt dizzy as I felt her hands in mine as we did the twist and the kicks. My boots were hitting my hips but at that point, I couldn’t even feel it. Her smile is something that lives in repeat in my head. While looking into her eyes I could see all the good memories we have had together. I glanced around and no one in my family was dancing but us, it was like the music only played for us. I was a teenager and self conscious so I stopped dancing when I noticed some were staring at us like we were crazy. She grabbed my hands back and said “Just ignore them, what are they going to do? Call us crazy? At least we are living and enjoying life, all they have is their judgment.” Somehow her words made sense and I could no longer feel their stares. I just felt the beauty of the moment that was only mine and hers. My granny dancing is the first thing I think of when I think of beauty. The beauty of not having a care in the world and just throwing everything away to dance.

Questions for thought after the assignment:
  • What other things do we go through in life not noticing?
  • How do we spend more time analyzing the beauty in the small parts of life?

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