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ALago1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-13-04 08:29 PM
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Can aesthetics reveal anything about the infinite?
Whenever I listen to a great piece of music, appreciate a great painting, see a powerful film, or read an eloquent passage, I sometimes seem to be transported to a realm of existence where the perception of self and other seem to dissolve into some grand totality.

These moments are so beautiful that though I am wholly agnostic, in such moments of reverie I tend to think that this sensitivity to beauty is a self sufficient proof of what one may call God and the everlasting infinite.

Does anyone else ever feel that art may provide a conduit for the experiencing of a higher being? Or am I just out there at the moment? I swear I'm not on any drugs at the moment :)

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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-13-04 08:32 PM
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1. It's always dangerous
Edited on Mon Dec-13-04 08:36 PM by Spinzonner
to mix endorphins, metaphors, and metaphysics
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indigobusiness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-13-04 08:36 PM
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2. If the framing of question is truly as important as answer...
yes.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 06:43 AM
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3. not as much as math can
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