Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Funny (odd not humorously) how beauty affects people differently. Ever been brought to tears by something/someone beautiful?
Quite often - especially by the beauty of nature. As a highly sensitive person, I not only see beauty, but I "feel" it as well. Those feelings can be so strong that they literally move me to tears.
I would have bet on that Shuhak. Ditto. Me too. And I think that's a blessing. First of all you have to be open to beauty and some seem not to be that interested. Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday to you! :)
Certain pieces of music, including Sibelius' Second Symphony, and the finale of Wagner's Gotterdammerung, the last of the four operas making the complete Ring of the Niebelung, aka The Ring Cycle.
Sometimes, natural things, events or processes. Though not to tears I was once deeply moved by seeing Saturn with my own eyes, through the telescope owned by an astronomical society, on a public evening at its observatory. The planet was obligingly tilted at a sufficient angle relatively to the Earth, for most of the rings to be visible.
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I can relate that personal experience to one I was told of, some years ago now; and still find poignant to tell. One clear, Moon-less Winter night I and a couple of acquaintances were admiring the sky from a place sufficiently far from towns for little light pollution.
They told me of a young Canadian woman they had met, visiting the same area a year or so previously; and had admired a similar sky with her. The woman stared at the beautiful scene for a long time - then broke down. Confused and a bit embarrassed, they asked her what was wrong.
It turned out she was a professional astronomer!
Yet she worked with a radio-telescope, near a brightly-lit city in a region prone to fog. She mapped and analysed radio-frequency radiation from objects in our galaxy; but that night in Southern England, she could see that galaxy - the Milky Way - with her own eyes, for the first time.
Thank you for sharing that with us. Many things can get in the way of our being able to truly see what's there. I expect it would be comparable to being blind and then by some miracle being finally able to see clearly. I think there is much beauty everywhere and some of us are blessed to be able to experience it. Others? Not so much or at least if they do that is not what they share with others. The positives they keep to themselves. The negatives they are only too happy to share. Of course I'm gonna ask why. Thank you for your thoughtful and moving reply Durdle. Once at a club a classical guitarist brought me to tears. The music transported me to another place entirely. It was happy tears which cannot be explained to those who have never experienced it. Happy Sunday! :)
Shuhak 