Heroes Not Zombies

The poet, Gregory Orr, wrote – One of the terms we poets use in our considerable effort to avoid religious and spiritual terminology is ‘beautiful’. Of course no one can define the word, or everybody defines it differently, and yet we believe in it. Beauty is an article of faith among poets. I think many of us are trying to sidestep religion, and beauty is a word we use to do that.

What do you think about that?

I certainly think that beauty, along with goodness, truth, love and purpose are fundamental, foundational characteristics of the cosmos. They don’t develop from something else. They are the ground of Being, of the One, the All, the Divine.

I don’t say much about religion, which I tend to associate with institutions and organisations, but I do indeed find the appreciation of beauty to be a spiritual experience. It takes me deeper and takes me beyond at precisely the same moment.