Landscape is the first-born of creation.It was here, hundreds of millions of years before the flowers, the animals or the people appeared. Landscape was here on it’s own. It is the most ancient presence in the world, though it needs a human presence to acknowledge it.
One could imagine that the oceans went silent and the winds became still the first time the human face appeared on earth.
It is the most amazing thing in creation.
In the human face, the anonymity of the universe becomes intimate. The dream of the winds and the oceans, the silence of the stars and the mountains, reached a mother-presence in the human face. The hidden, secret warmth of creation comes to expression here. The face is the icon of creation. In the human mind, the universe becomes resonant with itself. The face is the mirror of the mind. In the human person, creation finds the intimacy it mutely craves. Within the mirror of the mind it becomes possible for diffuse and nature to behold itself.
The human face is an artistic achievement. A subtle, yet visual autobiography of each person. It is here where the soul is revealed. It is here where divinity of the inner life finds an echo and image.
In the human face, the anonymity of the universe becomes intimate. The dream of the winds and the oceans, the silence of the stars and the mountains, reached a mother-presence in the human face. The hidden, secret warmth of creation comes to expression here. The face is the icon of creation. In the human mind, the universe becomes resonant with itself. The face is the mirror of the mind. In the human person, creation finds the intimacy it mutely craves. Within the mirror of the mind it becomes possible for diffuse and nature to behold itself.
The human face is an artistic achievement. A subtle, yet visual autobiography of each person. It is here where the soul is revealed. It is here where divinity of the inner life finds an echo and image.
John O' Donnohue - Anam Cara
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