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“Beauty’s Pain”
“Whenever he looked at a finely formed girl, Skylar experienced a sort of soul pain: the encounter with perfection hurt. He reasoned that circuits of his soul must have lacked the capacity to channel the charge, the raw power, of flawless beauty. When nature shone in all her glory, one had to lower one’s eyes. […]
Continue reading“A Magical Moonlight Dance Part II”
“She, of course, was destined for a night like this one. Lithe and gracile, she skimmed over rather than trod upon the ground. Not a trained dancer, she nevertheless possessed such comfort with her body and felt so integrated with nature that she stepped, jumped, and spun as if extensively rehearsed. Ilona bent forward at […]
Continue reading“A Magical Moonlight Dance”
“Ilona stood several yards from the tent, backdropped by stenciled birches, framed on either side by boulders whose gray emanations made them seem like fallen pieces of the moon. Her arms extended above her head, hands placed together, thumbs hooked. The moonlight flecked her body unevenly: deeply shading the place below her chest, shining bright […]
Continue reading“Diamond Moments”
“…those rare moments, exalted and divine, when people find themselves relieved of bodily burdens, of care, of doubt, of opposition, and afloat in sacred peace. Such moments may come while one stands mesmerized by the ocean waves meeting the beach in late brilliance under the afternoon sun: as the monolithic boulders, first outlined in laser-beamed […]
Continue reading“What Is Art?”
“Great art derives from the Absolute, from Eternity, from God: from consciousness established even temporarily in the Infinite, the artist understands life without bounds, space without end, time without beginning or end, peace that passeth understanding, happiness such as mere earth-life can never provide, beauty and harmony that can only be called “perfect.” The artist […]
Continue reading“Superhuman”
“He could now feel every muscle, every tendon, every ligament in his body: all of them aglow with life force. A serum of superhumanity must have been secretly injected into him. Monumental strength, like that of a legendary warrior, surged in his body. Precise, analytical calculations worthy of Machiavelli ran through his brain. Confidence of […]
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