Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. ~Julia Morgan

Sometimes I think we only see the beauty of the whole and by doing so we miss the interesting and common; the connection something has with other things is missed.

This is part of a famous building: Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Completed in 1345, it is one of the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). We usually recognize it from the Gothic architecture, the rose window and two towers. We don’t pay as much attention to the support systems, beautiful as they may be.

We know great icons: people we admire for their success. We see their lives from outside and as a whole, their lives are a most impressive thing. If we took the time to look closer, we’d see they are no different than we are, except they perhaps were the first to do something different.

I think you are a beautiful work of art.

photo courtesy: Brooklyn Museum