diving-in-the-depths

What's the point of life What's the meaning of it all? Does it stand or fall on whether anything lasts at all? If a flower fades Was it never beautiful? A world in which a flower bloomed once, Seems better than one that never saw a bloom at all. What about human beings? Are we flowers that bloom? That even though fade and perish brighten the universe's history for having been? The question then is, Is beauty real and what would make it so.... Physical reality and something more... beauty upon that. Mass, electrical charge, and aesthetics being properties of matter Enter that into your physics journal Won't you get a faili

If art does not reflect reality in some way, why do we bother with it? If it has no relevance to reality, does not speak of (or intend to speak of) truth: How I feel (tired, angry, joyful, cheerful) What the world is like (beautiful nature, bigoted people, wonderful creativity) How we should live (love more, treat others fairly, love the environment) What is its use if not to express some idea of truth? Escapism? (indulging in an imaginary world that has no relevance for the real world) Therapy? (recovery from emotional pain) Any others? Personal enjoyment. Giving enjoyment to others. Relaxation. Training a skill (confidence) Art

Alessandro Volta (inventor of the battery in 1800s): "I do not understand how anyone can doubt the sincerity and constancy of my attachment to the religion which I profess, the Roman, Catholic and Apostolic religion in which I was born and brought up, and of which I have always made confession, externally and internally... I have, indeed, and only too often, failed in the performance of those good works which are the mark of a Catholic Christian, and I have been guilty of many sins: but through the special mercy of God I have never, as far as I know, wavered in my faith. In this faith I recognise a pure gift of God, a supernatural grace ; bu