{"id":25013,"date":"2021-12-03T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=25013"},"modified":"2021-12-03T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T22:06:38","slug":"in-a-state-of-grace-where-we-can-find-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/in-a-state-of-grace-where-we-can-find-it\/","title":{"rendered":"In a State of Grace, Where We Can Find It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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[Image: “The Missus in the Temple of Athena (Nashville Parthenon; November, 2021),\u201d by John E. Simpson. (Shared here under a Creative Commons License; for more information, see this page<\/a> at <\/em>RAMH.) I’ll let my anonymous friend from over the way do the verbal honors solo today; nodding in agreement, I’ll just, well… just <\/em>point, so to speak.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From whiskey river<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person. And everything acquires a kind of halo which is not imaginary: it comes from the splendor of the almost mathematical light emanating from people and things. One starts to feel that everything in existence — whether people or things — breathes and exhales the subtle light of energy. The world’s truth is impalpable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

(Clarice Lispector [source<\/a><\/em>])<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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