Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?
Have you ever wondered if our love of art, nature, and music is a clue to a bigger story?
Whether it’s the art and photography we put on our walls or our computer desktops, or the natural landscapes that draw us to climb hills or gaze from viewpoints, humans are fascinated by beauty. But have you ever wondered why? Is the atheist Richard Dawkins correct that experiences like beauty are “Darwinian misfirings”, a side effect of our genes that plays tricks on us? Or is beauty a clue that there is something much more than just survival and reproduction to the experience of being human?
For more on these kind of wondering questions, check out …
My essay, Fire on the Mountain.
Some of the chapters in the book I co-wrote, Have You Ever Wondered?