A Plea For Depth And Beauty...
There are contrasts in this world,
Perhaps they lend a sense of duality,
Yet this is illusion.
The ocean doesn't have water,
Only at the top,
Only at the bottom,
Only cold,
Or only warm.
There is a gradient,
Depth,
Pressure,
Temperature,
Current,
How many living things reside,
And where.
In writing there is computer font,
Thousands of forms,
And then hand-printed letters,
Cursive,
Calligraphy
Movies have Mad Max,
Contagion,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
Casablanca,
Myriad more.
In song,
Hip-Hop,
House,
EDM,
Lucy In The Sky,
Norwegian Wood and Eleanor Rigby,
Beethoven's 5th.
There are bongos,
Electric guitars,
Stradivarius violins.
Graphic novels,
Posters,
Grand murals,
Outsider art,
Graffiti,
Van Gogh and Matisse.
Twinkies,
Home-baked cookies,
Burgers,
Steaks,
Caviar.
Life is better in gradient,
Not confined,
Limited to the cheap or the priceless.
A life without art and grace is an apocalyptic Hell,
Yet so is a world where nothing is smple,
Pretty and functional,
Yet quick and affordable.
We need the full range.
When it comes to the variants in life,
The range if you will,
We must have beauty and depth,
Quick flashes,
Long reads,
And in-depth enduring focus.
Life in only two dimensions isn't living.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 09/12/2020