When Cézanne paints a common fruit he does not add to that fruit qualities which the fruit does not possess; he sees the fruit accurately -- with unrelenting accuracy; nevertheless, through his accuracy a something beyond the fruit, a wonder beyond the vegetable is presented. Familiarity and wonder must be, and have been present in all true aesthetics.
Self and World, Definition Press, NY, pp. 136-137
I saw the world accurately today, and I what I saw was wonderful. I spent the day with two lovely, brilliant women at the Minnesota Arboretum.
For the first time in my life, I saw what an onion - one of my favorite oft-used foods, looks like growing from the earth. "I didn't know it grew like this! I exclaimed before snapping this pic with my handy dandy iPhone cam:
Aren't they stunning?
You know, it may be the case I would have imagined an onion grew like this had I ever considered the onion's origins. I just haven't thought about it. Not ever! And yet I touch and use and ingest onions nearly every day.
Had I considered the onion, I may have thought something like "How mundane! How ordinary! How unworthy of consideration!"
How wrong!
Multi-layered, multi-functional, multi-colored, this fruit of the earth sustains us, keeps us healthy, and gives snappy flavor and color to foods.
And look how it rests on the sustaining, loving curve of the earth.
The Master Crafter of the earth and all it sustains clearly loves His creation; what a grand gift we've been granted to steward.
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I took lots of pictures, and found myself wishing I had our good camera instead of my iPhone, but still... beautiful pics.
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