" The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is he source of all true art and all science . He to whom this emotion is a stranger who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is good as dead: his eyes are closed . "
September 11th, 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks to the United States . Last night i watched a documentary titled '102 Minutes That Changed America' . I was unable to grasp why i found such fascination in the photos and video footage of the World Trade Towers as they fell . I was unable to grasp why i found beauty in the death of thousands of people , but perhaps i just found beauty in the mysterious . It was , and still is , a phenomenon that is unique to my lifetime . All i could think , watching each tower fall indiviudually , was "fireworks". Once put side by side to one another , it was finally clear that it wasnt a bad thing to be completely captured by the idea of these towers collapsing to the ground.
September 11th, 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks to the United States . Last night i watched a documentary titled '102 Minutes That Changed America' . I was unable to grasp why i found such fascination in the photos and video footage of the World Trade Towers as they fell . I was unable to grasp why i found beauty in the death of thousands of people , but perhaps i just found beauty in the mysterious . It was , and still is , a phenomenon that is unique to my lifetime . All i could think , watching each tower fall indiviudually , was "fireworks". Once put side by side to one another , it was finally clear that it wasnt a bad thing to be completely captured by the idea of these towers collapsing to the ground. 
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