The
Qualities
of
Beauty
A
conversation with J. Ruth Gendler
by D. Patrick Miller
Published by D. Patrick Miller at Smashwords
© 2010 by D. Patrick Miller
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“Our hearts yearn for beauty. In the Kabbalah, beauty, called tiferet, is where spirit and form meet and the human and divine are in balance. Linked to compassion and harmony, beauty is at the very center of the Tree of Life.”
Although we often treat
beauty as a superficial quality of appearance, it can be felt as a
radiant resource at the heart of our lives. In Notes
on the Need for Beauty,
J. Ruth Gendler offers us many new ways to look at this elusive,
complex, and paradoxical quality. She illuminates the riddles of
beauty and ugliness, considers the relationship between beauty and
love, and gives voice to the soul’s need for beauty.