It's the details that matter

A little detail I captured in Balboa Park, San Diego last April:

Nuance and detail--everything. Really. Nothing truly worthwhile lacks in detail--no great love, great art, great technological advance, great joke, great writing, great friendship. It's the details that set things apart and make them truly, deeply valuable and beautiful.

Many of us live in the modern West where we try to mass-produce beauty--you see this in new neighbourhoods a lot, I find. A lot of nice, expensive houses--but very little detail or character, because they've all essentially been mass-produced. And so somehow, in spite of them being grand, they lack soul; and the effect in a whole neighbourhood, especially with so few children playing outside, can feel a little chilling.

Maybe it's just me, but I prefer the streets with character and colour, with the slightly-mangled sidewalks and the occasional wrought-iron fence--both literally and metaphorically. That's certainly a poet talking.

But I also think it's just true: detail is what makes things intimate and unique and deeply beautiful.

xx,
Kay
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P.S. I'd love if you listen to the Sarah McLachlan song I recorded last night, or my entry for this week's Open Mic. I really enjoyed singing them and would love to share them with you.

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