Beauty is no longer Dead

Roughly one year ago, today, I made this painting in Vienna. The idea for it struck me like a lightning bolt. Of course "Beauty is Dead" as I looked at the world around me. Why? I haven't been able to figure it out. The TRUE source, you might say. Until today...well last night... It's Hemingway. That's the problem. John F. Kennedy's rise to stardom can be rooted in the success of his first book: _Profiles in Courage_. In it, we find a definition: Hemingway's: Courage equals "Grace under fire" or "Grace under pressure" (as originally stated by Ernest). He committed suicide BTW The point is: he had it all wrong. He mixed up something as fundamental as 'Courage' with something even more fundamental: 'Beauty'. The definition should read: _Beauty_ is "Grace under Pressure." Will this change the world? Words are more important than we give them credit for.