Making Sense of Chaos
On the surface, it may seem like there is order in the universe. The days consist of twenty four hours. The sun creates light. The night gives stars and moon a chance to shine. Animals live in the wild while humans live in cities and villages. The earth spins. The planets rotate. The seasons change. Life starts and ends each day.
But if we look more closely, we see a remarkable number of things that cannot be explained: love and anger, hope and fear, dreams and uncertainty, youth and death, kindness and malice. At closer look, the universe is utter chaos – simultaneously orderly and unpredictable. It leaves us clawing to know anything and hiding what we wish we could explain.
Amidst the chaos, there is one powerful thing that offers a dose of clarity…beauty.
Beauty has the profound ability to focus even the most distorted lens, just for a moment.
A painting, a song, a home, a piece of furniture, a speech, a view of nature.
When we see or hear beauty, we experience something that has been made. It is the wonderful collision of intention, passion, and craft.
It allows a ray of light to pierce the blur of our fast-paced lives – illuminating a path that has been traveled in order to make sense of this world. When we find it, we are inspired. We are moved.
Because when we see beauty, we catch a glimpse of who we are and what we are capable of.