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Sometimes the only way to appreciate a beautiful work of art is to go beyond the obvious and see its beauty in a different way. The words of a poet, a novel, a movie, or a song may be immediately appealing, but if you stop to consider all the layers hidden within those words you might find something deeper. In this quote, the author is talking about how often we miss out on seeing something because we do not allow ourselves to see it without preconceived notions. Remember those canyons people try to protect from the windstorms that whirl around them? The beauty of those canyons would be lost if they were not constantly being exposed to these storms.
You could look at the same scene and see the same thing over and over again without ever truly appreciating it. Instead, you should constantly be exposing yourself to new experiences so that eventually you will find something new and rich within each experience.
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