We Need Mystery And Beauty

Above image: Hechizo-Noctambulo

“For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that does not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have said yes when we wanted to say no. And for far too long we have said no when we desperately wanted to say yes… When we don’t listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don’t, others will abandon us.”

Terry Tempest Williams

We must have beauty and we must have mystery in life. I refuse to live in a world populated with facts and data exclusively. I want to live where people create art and enchanting stories, where crazy love reigns supreme, where dreams and fantasy are respected.

Life is punishing enough even with these things; without them it becomes unbearable.

No. I’ll be over here making art, thank you all the same.

Yes, I have tried to make money in this transactional society, and even succeeded for a time redoing beautiful old houses, but that connection to beauty made it possible for me. I don’t have the talent for spotting a mechanical trick that reveals a pot of gold under it. I have to love it for the beauty in it.

Here I am writing on Medium and all I can do is focus on “Beauty and Meaning.” Is there a readership for that? I would…