Pat ConroyBut even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.
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Even her demons, those ugly and frightening parts of herself, she invested with inordinate beauty. She brought them to life with her attention–consecrated them with the dignity of her attention. That's what art is for: to make something beautiful out of the ugly and the frightening. Even those parts of herself that she found repulsive and hard to look at were made beautiful by the attention she gave them. Through this attention they gained autonomy and became something else: real and alive.
Source: The Prince Of Tides
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