About this episode
This episode explores the concept of beauty and its immediate yet contemplative nature.
Moving at the Pace of Beauty Season Introduction — Makers & Mystics Podcast Elaine Scarry writes that “beauty quickens. It adrenalizes. It makes the heart beat faster.” Beauty is immediate in this way. It strikes us unaware and de-centers us, throwing us off balance and ushering us into a moment of euphoria. Beauty comes to us in a flash, a sudden recognition, or a moment of beholding; however, its effects call for a much slower pace, one of deliberation and contemplation. The pace of ...
People in this episode
Host: Stephen Roach
Topics covered
- beauty
- contemplation
- euphoria
- deliberation
- art
Keywords
- beauty
- contemplation
- euphoria
- art
- pace
- recognition
- deliberation
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