World as gallery

[Guest guest]

I came across a book in the library a long time ago. Just read the

title and the flaps.I think it was written by an American or a German

philosopher--probably an American with a German sounding name. The Way

of the Aesthete was the title I think.His idea was:Look at everything

and every event the way you look at pictures in a gallery.Today it

happened that I was listening to some stirring (for me) music in the

car and there were lots of sunshiney trees on the roadsides. I was

getting into a pretty tall mood.It is easy with music to realize that

the best part of it is your own contribution.Not so easy with trees

and other things--like mailmen and cop cars etc.Anyway it occurred to

me that for somebody like me--pretty much a sliddenback pedestrian of

the Oneness scene--the simple procedure of

relating to every event and objcet as though they were works of art--

always assuming that art is in the eye of the beholder--would give one

a tiny peek at HOW THINGS REALLY ARE. This is silly stuff and who

is going to do it etc. but it's a likable idea anyway.