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See the beauty, see the darkness

October 24, 2013 by Jenna Filia Canty

I love Sally Mann’s response when asked what the mission of an artist is. “There’s the paradox: we see the beauty and we see the dark side of things; the cornfields and the full sails, but the ashes as well. The Japanese have a word for this dual perception: mono no aware. It means something like “beauty tinged with sadness.” How is it that we must hold what we love tight to us, against our very bones, knowing we must […]

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