“Who are you making that for? it’s very pretty, ” asked David, who seemed to be in an inquiring frame of mind that day.
“Any one who wants. I only do it for the pleasure: I always liked pretty things; but, since I have lived among flowers and natural people, I seem to care more than ever for beauty of all kinds, and love to make it if I can without stopping for any reason but the satisfaction.”
“‘Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
“‘Then beauty is its own excuse for being.'”
observed David, who a weakness for poetry, and, finding she liked his sort, quoted to Christie almost as freely as to himself.~Louisa May Alcott, Work
I’ve written about creating beauty before. Here are two of the recent posts:
Pursuing creativity
Important work
Linking up with Cindy this week at Ordo Amoris.
Devoured your other lovely posts on beauty also – I've had a messy week, kids sick & other messes, house was untidy etc. Took my younger 2 out to piano lessons & got home a couple of hours later to find everything neat & clean & smelling good – 16yr old son created a bit of beauty for his jaded mother. Going out to pick some camellias from the garden to add the finishing touch.
Carol encouraged me to read the other posts too. I was especially struck by the comparison Francis Schaeffer made between the Christian school and the Bohemian establishment.
I also love Alcott. She isn't complicated but she does seem to get to what is really true and good and beautiful.