How did these organs of plant sex manage to get themselves cross-wired with human ideas of value and status and Eros? And what might our ancient attraction for flowers have to teach us about the deeper mysteries of beauty - what one poet has called "this grace wholly gratuitous"? Is that what it is? Or does beauty have a purpose? (64)Michael Pollan
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The notion that beauty is a result of cross-wire and human’s ideas of value and status and Eros. What might our ancient attraction for flowers have to teach us about the deeper mysteries of beauty - what one poet has called "this grace wholly gratuitous"? Is that what it is? Or does beauty have a purpose? The notion that beauty is a result of cross-wire and human’s ideas of value and status and Eros because they are intertwined with one another. The fact that we have been attracted to flowers for as long as we have been on earth can tell us that flowers have been a part of our lives from the very beginning, meaning they have a meaning for us, meaning they have a meaning to humanity as a whole. Our attraction to flowers can also tell us something about our need for beauty in our lives.
People who don't have much in their lives may look for beauty out in nature because it can give them some sort of temporary pleasure. When people feel poor, they may find comfort in nature. In this way, nature can provide people with the basic needs that they need to survive, or at least make them feel better about their lives.
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