Advent Calendar of Beauty, Dec 1
wow just WOW
Happy December Beauty Hunters,
What if on a December day when the clouds are low and raindrops fall on your cheeks you imagine Chihuly’s “Persian Ceiling?”
I walked beneath this dazzling ceiling/sky last weekend at the Chihuly Garden & Art museum in Seattle. If eyes have taste buds, mine were smacking their lips. I walked from room to room with my mom, niece, and nephew. We’d all been here before, years ago, separately. The first time there were plenty of “wows” but this time I was with my family at a stage in life that was ripe with sorrows and joys, and our love more robust and enduring than ever. This time around I wanted to drop to my knees just for Art, to ask for forgiveness for being away, for withholding my attention, my money, my worship during the last few years. I thanked Art for being so mysterious and sensory and beautiful, and bringing all these wonderful people together for a universal WOW-ing session.
If I were an art critic, they’d be one-word reviews. Just “WOW.” If the exhibit was meh, mind-boggling bad, or unexpectedly disappointing it would be:
wow
If it was a phenomenal mind-blowing genius ouvre, I’d write:
wow
I’d call them Wowviews.
This month, let’s do a bit of 2022 wowviewing and plant some bulbs for a BIG WOW of 2023.
❄️❄️❄️
Do you like an advent calendar?
As a kid, these countdown-to-Christmas calendars stuffed with chocolate squares blew my mind. A sweet treat every day? That’s a to-do list I could sign up for!
SURPRISE… Welcome to the first Beauty Hunter advent calendar. You’ll get a sweet treat in email every day of December. I think. Let’s see! If not, imagine it’s like the advent calendar where—OOPS—no chocolate behind Dec. 11, or “Who the hell ate my chocolate today, there’s nothing there!"
Because I don’t want this to sound too religious-y, I looked up the word “advent.” I like the agnostic definition:
Advent (n): the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.
Let’s crown this a countdown to 2023.
Try this: Chihuly and co. filled a boat with colorful delights. Open a notebook or a document, and start speed-writing a list of colorful delights you’d welcome in 2023. They don’t have to make sense. Start with: yellow-eyed flower. Go from there.
