[Unedited] John O'Donohue with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Relationship Between Beauty and Interiority in Our Culture
I feel like in the book i wrote on beauty, i was trying to say that one of the huge confusions in our times is to mistake glamour for beauty. A glamour is an industry facade. And we do live in a culture which is very addicted to the image and is one of the most visually aggressive ages there ever has been. Most people now worship at the vertical altar of the computer screen, and are virtual citizens, rather than being actual citizens,. maybe where there are in their own area. There is always an uncanny symmetry between the way you are inward with yourself, and the way you're outward. We need to draw back inside ourselves, and that we'll find immense
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