Beauty and the Universe

All-pervading Beauty is not an exercise in creative imagination. It is the actual structure of the universe. That all-pervading Beauty is in truth the very nature of the Kosmos right now. It is not something  you have to imagine, because it is the actual structure of perception in all domains. -- Ken Wilber, the Eye of Spirit, pp. 177-178.

I had to put this quote online, after seeing it pop up on the www.kenwilber.com website, a website who's author I quite admire and believe, is making truly progressive strides in a integral philosophy. It's mind-boggling to me, and it's ideas and concepts revolutionary, yet simple and beautiful. The quote simply reminded me that Beauty exists in everything, and we do not have to imagine, we do not have to create it. It is there inherently in the music we play, the songs we sing, in the photography we take, in the art we paint or draw. Beauty prevails in the element of love, of the ugly, of the rich, of the poor, of the green-eyed, the sick or diseased, the sun, the moon or the pavement you walk on on your way to work. Every moment is embedded with Beauty. I sometimes get trapped in seeking out beauty as I photograph, draw or paint, but it is all there, as if waiting for the right person to take notice and show it to someone. I have been doing some old-fashioned mixed mixed media digital art-work these days and highly fascinated by the effects I have been getting with photo-manipulation techniques. Wonderful creations that I find highly fascinating and mesmerizing to look at both from a normal view and up close (Up close on a computer would be simply zooming in with the magnifying glass; in reality, you'd have to have your eyeball stuck to the canvas/paper). I have attached some samples of what I am doing.