Beauty is a diamond in the desert · 8:13am Aug 18th, 2020
Dear Princess Celestia,
Why is it that when one beautiful thing comes to a close, we long to create another? Does it fill the gap so that the passing might hurt a little less? Does it carry on the spirit so that the world might not miss out on quite so much? Does it anchor a tombstone so that the memory might live on?
I don’t think any of these is right. I don’t think they can be. To quench that craving would have us filling a hundred gaps, carrying a hundred spirits, erecting a hundred tombstones, and sometimes even that wouldn’t be enough. Beauty is a flame, and when one goes out we feel the burning desire to light a thousand more, to know the light is still out there and always will be.
I finished reading a book recently. So often, I found myself caught up reliving experiences that were never mine, experiences that might never have belonged to anypony. I can’t help but wonder, are ponies really the creators of such beautiful works, or are they just the conduit? Do ponies really spark the flames, or is it the flames that spark the pony?
It hurts sometimes to come back. To reality, I mean. Endings mark a time to observe, having finally a chance to take in a story as a whole. The real world, by comparison, can feel so dry and barren. Beauty is a diamond in the desert, reflecting an overbearing sun as an elegant sparkle, reflecting an overbearing world deep within its facets.
If you put together all the diamonds in the world, what would they reveal? If you pieced together all the facets from all the most beautiful things, what would you see? Today I learned.
You would see the world, just in a different light.
Your faithful student,
equestrian.sen
Nice, and some interesting ideas. :)
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Thanks! I got the idea to write this after reading a mathematician's take on a beautiful proof. The picture that came to mind was a diamond half-buried in the sand.
Good shit
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Thanks, B.
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Always homie. You're trying out different formats in merging recent inspirations to a relic from the past that's born from the show. Already you've beaten my usual form in your constant tries of new ways to encompass your ideas. Keep inside this curiosity of expressing thoughts and feelings and ideas with new means to see the kinds of results they produce.
I knew I called you Wise Guy Intelligence for a reason in my phone.
Be well and do well.
~ Yr. Pal, B
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Oh, neat. :)