Category: beauty

The Colorful ‘Mandarinfish’ May Be Beautiful, but Here’s Why You Should Never Touch It

March 25, 2021
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The dazzling, multicolored mandarinfish is surely a candidate for most beautiful fish in the sea, but looks can be deceiving. This stunning salt-water beauty harbors a foul poison, making it alluring but dangerous. The fish’s uniquely foul stench has made it famous among marine enthusiasts and is often duly noted by scientists. The stink is not…

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Appreciating Beauty Before It Slips Away: ‘Lost Illusions’

March 6, 2021
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We sometimes let opportunities slip through our grasp, forgetting that our lives are over in the blink of an eye. I was recently talking to a friend about hindsight. Have you ever thought, “If I could go back in time, I’d do that differently,” or “If I knew then what I know now”? Such thought…

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Here’s Hoping for Beauty in America: Classicism Versus Modernism in Architecture

March 4, 2021
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One of Donald Trump’s final acts as the nation’s 45th president was to sign an executive order called “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” He signed the order on Dec. 18, 2020, but it had been kicking around for many months since it was leaked from the White House last winter as a draft proposal with…

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The Eternal Beauty of Divine Truth and Love: ‘Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus’

January 31, 2021
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Aurora was the personification of the dawn in Greco-Roman mythology. She was a child of the Titans, who were the 12 primordial gods born to heaven and earth. She was sister to the sun and moon deities and mother to the winds and stars. According to the “Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite,” Aurora, also called Eos,…

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