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Beauty and the Soul: The Extraordinary Power of Everyday Beauty to Heal Your Life
The bestselling author of The Power of Kindness shows how the ability to appreciate beauty-far from being a luxury or an afterthought-is vital to leading a happy, balanced, and satisfying life.
Beauty is all around us-in a flower, a song, the sound of falling water, or a dramatic painting. We often think of it as just "window dressing." But it's not. It is the balm of our...more
Beauty is all around us-in a flower, a song, the sound of falling water, or a dramatic painting. We often think of it as just "window dressing." But it's not. It is the balm of our...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
August 20th 2009
by Tarcher
(first published 2009)
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I adored it.
It's like sitting down one lazy evening in front of a fire with an old friend who happens to be a philosopher and (even better) a dude who likes to just contemplate. He is in the mood to chat about one of his favorite topics--beauty. Add a cup of tea and you have about the right relaxing, interesting and lovely atmosphere of this book.
Very interesting. Very thought provoking.
I will be buying this one and reading it again.
It's like sitting down one lazy evening in front of a fire with an old friend who happens to be a philosopher and (even better) a dude who likes to just contemplate. He is in the mood to chat about one of his favorite topics--beauty. Add a cup of tea and you have about the right relaxing, interesting and lovely atmosphere of this book.
Very interesting. Very thought provoking.
I will be buying this one and reading it again.
I've only read the first 20 pages and I'm blown away, becoming emotional and buying the hardback right off the shelf for full price (something I haven't done in FOREVER).
Ferrucci speaks of how beauty is one way to open one up and allow for healing and thriving. He contrasts this to the distracted task-to-task "wasteland of the soul" that is arid, desperate, and grey. He talks about how modern culture "assaults" us with too much stimuli, eliciting emotions that are not really ours- that have bee...more
Ferrucci speaks of how beauty is one way to open one up and allow for healing and thriving. He contrasts this to the distracted task-to-task "wasteland of the soul" that is arid, desperate, and grey. He talks about how modern culture "assaults" us with too much stimuli, eliciting emotions that are not really ours- that have bee...more
I am currently reading this book seems very interesting, and it makes you see and think about life outside the box, and what possibilities await upon us. This book makes you you think about everything in a unique and mind blowing way.
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it will change your perception on how you view the world and the everyday beauty surrounding you.
So much in this book resonated within me. The one thing I couldn't help thinking throughout was how different would our inner cities be if they contained more natural beauty?
The text was incredibly repetitive and frankly boring.. I really don't like to read books without finishing them, but I just felt it wasn't worth my time.
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