tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post1029867057845511664..comments2023-11-02T03:49:31.752-07:00Comments on Almost Paradisical: ElegantKathleen Overbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-27088885098907432382010-05-18T22:27:02.070-07:002010-05-18T22:27:02.070-07:00Susan, Cassandra, Nancy, Maureen, and Joyce ~ I li...Susan, Cassandra, Nancy, Maureen, and Joyce ~ I like what you added. Thanx.Kathleen Overbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684519598333961438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-9296299667876038222010-05-18T17:15:56.738-07:002010-05-18T17:15:56.738-07:00Sometimes the most elegant things are the very sim...Sometimes the most elegant things are the very simple things ...S. Etolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847206680320012887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-88324930111563438912010-05-18T12:01:48.387-07:002010-05-18T12:01:48.387-07:00I like this.
Heaven will be elegant. Our longing...I like this. <br /><br />Heaven will be elegant. Our longing for elegance is a longing for heaven. <br /><br />What could be more elegant than a bird in flight? And so we shall -- fly away and be where every little thing is perfect.Cassandra Frearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564236561567663914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-21326170818747971002010-05-18T08:59:51.027-07:002010-05-18T08:59:51.027-07:00elegant
late 15c., from M.Fr. élégant (15c.), from...elegant<br />late 15c., from M.Fr. élégant (15c.), from L. elegantem (nom. elegans) "choice, fine, tasteful," prp. of eligere "select with care, choose." Elegans was originally a term of reproach, "dainty, fastidious;" the notion of "tastefully refined" emerged in classical Latin. <br />...<br />i find the word interestng.<br />and i especially like the part "select with care, choose" in the etymology above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-9945393181548051642010-05-18T08:42:34.862-07:002010-05-18T08:42:34.862-07:00Perhaps not describe but certainly elegance of see...Perhaps not describe but certainly elegance of seeing:<br /><br />-- a line on paper<br />-- a hand whose fingers are long and tapered<br />-- a way of walking<br />-- the balance of a burden on the head<br />-- the body of an Ethiopian woman<br />-- the image in a photographer's eye<br /><br />And, as you note, a way of being.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3515773990685399163.post-52046923586602856722010-05-18T07:37:56.268-07:002010-05-18T07:37:56.268-07:00I really like carrying around "elegance"...I really like carrying around "elegance" today and finding ways to bring it to life. Thanks for this.Joyce Wycoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742084748092724299noreply@blogger.com