Have you ever asked anyone for their forgiveness before?
I don’t mean, saying ‘I’m sorry’, even sincerely.
We have all suffered tears and apologies.
But truly begging for forgiveness?
It is a humbling and liberating experience.
Or, so I’ve heard.
“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.” ― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
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Art cannot be incomprehensible to the masses only because it is very good. Rather, this art is unintelligible to the great masses because it is very bad. One need not understand art in order to feel it’s power or enjoy it’s enthralling beauty.