She saw the beauty in everything, the drop of light in a heart of blackness, the
\nsilver lining on every cloud. She strived to capture that beauty, to contain it, to hold it
\nclose. She aimed to shackle the ethereal beauty to the chaos of this world. She tried to
\nown it, make it hers, take credit for it.
\nShe tried to color the wind, restrain the ocean, belittle the mountains. She tried to
\ndim the stars and reduce the forest. She tried to take the light from his eyes.
\nDay after day she painted. The beauty she saw at odds with the beauty she
\ndepicted. But did she see the darkness? Strive to capture the shadows and hold the
\ndemons of the world in her delicate hands? She would shackle the beauty but not the
\nugliness.
\nWhat then is beauty if not a star in the darkness? If everything is beautiful then
\nbeauty no longer exists.
\nShe, who would try to put it in a box where it does not fit. She, who ignored the
\nscars that mar the beauty. She, who has destroyed beauty. What then is beauty?
\nThe thing you cannot imprison, the bird flying free. But no, the bird has a cage.
\nThe fire then, that devours everything in its path. It will not be restrained. It refuses the
\nshackles they all try to put on it. It is a raging inferno, destroying everything in its path,
\nthat entrancing, beautiful fire. And when the fire is finally put out, it gives way to more
\nbeauty.
\nThe renewing of a broken land. The first plants grow in, then the trees, followed
\nby the birds. The beautiful birds that are not beauty itself. The animals follow, each
\nunique in their own way, and the land again is lush.
\nThis is beauty, but the destroying fire is also beauty. It cannot be restrained. She
\ncannot restrain it. They cannot restrain it. Beauty refuses to be shackled by The Artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She saw the beauty in everything, the drop of light in a heart of blackness, the silver lining on every cloud. She strived to capture that beauty, to contain it, to hold it close. She aimed to shackle the ethereal beauty to the chaos of this world. She tried to own it, make it hers,… <\/p>\n