For blue has no mind. It is not wise, nor does it promise any wisdom. It is beautiful, and despite what the poets and philosophers and theologians have said, I think beauty neither obscures truth nor reveals it. Likewise, it leads neither towards justice nor away from it. It is pharmakon. It radiates. Maggie Nelson
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I’m not much of a poet, but this quotation by Robert Frost rings true to me. Blue is the color of the sky and water, but it has no mind. It does not know what is right or wrong. It does not know what will happen in the future.

It is beautiful, and despite what the poets and philosophers and theologians have said, I think beauty neither obscures truth nor reveals it. Likewise, it leads neither towards justice nor away from it. It is pharmakon.

It radiates.

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