Giving Beauty Space and Time. Guest Post by Nigel Cowburn

Any aesthetic experience which leads to a loss of sense of self, a stepping out of time and just being - this is beauty to me. We speak of being absorbed in an experience and it's as if our self - right down to the molecules - is blending with what we encounter. Blending into...

Beauty Up-Close. Guest Post by Emma & Tom at Zoomology

Beauty can be found where you least expect it. Sometimes you don't even realise it's there. In our busy lives, you actually have to make a conscious effort to pause and take a closer look. My partner, Tom, and I are Zoologists. We love the beauty we find in the natural world, just as all...

The Enemies of Beauty. Guest Post by Simone Foedrowitz

Thank you Liz for your invitation to describe my thoughts about beauty!   When I fell in deep depression I lost my sense of beauty.     I looked in the sky above and all that I saw were clouds, colours and light. But I couldn't feel any joy.     In the night I...

Seeing Beauty. Guest Post by Tina Schell

"Beauty surrounds us." Jalaluddin Rumi Many years ago I tried my hand at oil painting. The teacher was much too kind to tell me I had no talent, but I was smart enough to figure it out pretty quickly. Not being one to give up easily, I then turned to photography as my avenue for...

Nature is Key – Unlock Your Wellbeing

Nature is Key - Unlock Your Wellbeing is the title of a blog-post I read yesterday morning from the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC). The catchy title led into a good post that informed me this is Mental Health Awareness Week... and the title is actually the theme for this week. I'm going to...

The Beauty Beyond. Guest Post by Pete Hillman

I was really happy when Liz asked me to present this guest post on beauty. Where do I begin. Let us start with some music, shall we? I really enjoy listening to music from all genres, and I especially like Claude Debussy. One of his best known pieces is Rêverie, which I recommend everyone should...

Yellow Submarine Street Art

This mural of a Yellow Submarine is in an alley near where SO's office is located in Stafford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. The Beatles are featured on the opposite wall (below). Click on either photo to view a larger size image.   The text on the wall reads: We all want to help one another....

On Beauty – at Life in Between. Guest Post by Jodi McKinney

On Beauty. When Liz reached out and asked if I would be interested in guest posting on Exploring Colour, I enthusiastically accepted. What a BEAUTIful gesture! Then I started thinking..... What do I know about BEAUTY? Should I share my love of the beauty of photography? Should I share my love of the beauty of...

On Beauty and Art. Guest post by HAROLD DAVIS

Images and Text © Harold Davis. All Rights Reserved. What is beauty? What is the place of beauty in art? Surprisingly, these are contentious and difficult questions that involve some very slippery concepts. In the past couple of centuries, since the end of representational art as the ultimate goal of the artist, the role of...