“I feel that there is nothing truly more artistic than to love people”: Vincent van Gogh, Shoes, 1888.
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Poverty of the spirit Recurrent throughout religious texts is the importance of the pursuit of the inner beauty over outward aesthetic. From the book of 1 Peter: “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or the wearing of gold jewellery and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle spirit…” (1 Peter 3:3-4, New International Version). On the creation
Beauty and the spirit
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