Reconnecting to the Goodness of the Universe: ‘Pythagoreans Celebrate Sunrise’

Reconnecting to the Goodness of the Universe: ‘Pythagoreans Celebrate Sunrise’
“Pythagoreans Celebrate the Sunrise,” 1869, by Fyodor Bronnikov. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Public Domain
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When I lived in New York, there were nights when I would go to my building’s roof to look out into the heavens. In the city, the tall buildings and their lights would obscure the night sky and dim the brilliance of its stars.
Amid the city’s hustle and bustle, it often felt like we were missing a connection to what was more profound and more essential. It was like we had explained away the universe’s vastness and mysteriousness.
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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