Yesterday I was looking out to sea from the Getty in LA. It is a shining white temple on the hill, a summons to beauty and creativity- gloriously inspiring. Last night I watched Shai Aggasi's TED talk on his project for electric vehicles. Getty's gift and Agassi's gift are both unmistakable: they are so large!
My friend Leah has an orange tree in her garden. It was given to her twenty five years ago by her co-workers when she bought this house. It is an exotic treat for me to pick the brilliant globes and eat them two yards from where they grew. She has planted white flowering vines on the corners of her house. They perfume the whole neighborhood and are full of birds,singing.
We talked about people whose lives seem painfully constrained, and others who just keep moving cheerfully along. The ones who keep going are gifts like Getty's magnificent buildings and art, and Agassi's inspiring ideas. I guess they seem like small gifts when they fit right into every day...maybe that was what the Dalai Lama meant when he said that "all expressions of love are maximal"
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