Monday, January 09, 2006

Beg the question.

Symmetry: the Latin symmetria, from Greek, symmetros. The word symmetry's definition from webster means balanced proportions; also : beauty of form arising from balanced proportions. Symmetry is a mark of beauty in not only cultures around the world, but the animal kingdom and nature as well. It deals with the form of an object or subject. Let me just tell you what I am not saying before I say what I am saying. I am not saying unsymmetrical forms are not beautiful. I am not saying unsymmetrical forms have no use or purpose. What I am saying, is that symmetrical forms draw our attention more readily and more perfectly than unsymmetrical forms. Almost every aspect of our lives deals with this in some way; our architecture, automobiles, bodies, language, food, and recreation to name a few. I am not going to go into too much detail or any detail, for that matter,l on any of these subjects. However, I will say this world, everything in it including humans were designed not haphazardly, but with thought and determination. I do not have any conclusive evidence of this in some lab anywhere but what I do have is knowledge of the world around me. I have eyes that can see, fingers that can touch, and a brain that can wonder about how things were made, are continually being made and will be made in the future. I have a personal experience that says "there is a God, and I'm not Him". This is the God of the Old and New Testament who created us in His image. I cannot live on this earth and think things just came together. Everything has beauty, everything was and will continually be created. The sun's energy in the raw form cannot be consumed. It has to be converted by some means, photosynthesis, or photovoltaics. This goes for everything, food, gasoline, electricity...etc. There must me a conversion process. We as humans play a vital role in that conversion. Not only building these conversion machines but being a conversion machine. We can act by transferring the truth we have received about the world by opening those truths to others, whether it be through art, writing, simple conversation, or simply living a life that is so dramatically different that it begs the question, "there is something different, what is it?" Striving to live a life of symmetry and balance according to truth... becoming beautiful.

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