Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall.
Interpretation
Beauty can be found in unexpected places and doesn't always require effort to appreciate.
In this quote, Ani Difranco emphasizes that beauty exists in both simplicity and the mundane aspects of life. It suggests that we should remain open to experiencing beauty in unconventional circumstances, such as a casual handshake or graffiti, highlighting the artistic elements of everyday moments.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for an art therapy session when discussing finding beauty in everyday life.
spring is super in the supermarkets and the strawberries prance and glow never mind that they're all kinda tart and tasteless as strawberries go meanwhile wild things are not for sale anymore than they are for show so i'll be outside, in love with the kind of beauty it takes more than eyes to know
I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder what we have when we're not pretending.
and god help you if you are an ugly girl course too pretty is also your doom cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room and god help you if you are a pheonix and you dare to rise up from the ash a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying back
I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
God help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from the ash _x000D_ a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past
I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled in venerable old baroque churches.
My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.
There is no complete spiritual life without music, for the human soul has regions which can be illuminated only by music.
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
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