The Necessity Of Beauty

"Always be on the look out for the presence of wonder." E.B. White

In his Meditations, Marcus Aurelius writes, “Dwell on the beauty of life.” It seems a simple, a phrase that one could almost dismiss as if it were a mere greeting card message. Yet in this current age with its ominous apocalyptic menace, such contemplation is not only necessary but vital. I believe, as Rachel Carson did, that to contemplate beauty witho…