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What does it mean?
Even in distress, people shape their lives according to beauty's rules.
In plain terms
Beauty guides us even in hardship.
What can you take from it?
Seek aesthetic or harmonious choices during crises.

Where it applies

  • design work
  • personal style

Putting it to work

  • create pleasing environments
  • use art for coping

Questions to consider

  • How does beauty help in adversity?
  • When might it distract?

Another view

Beauty may be a luxury in severe crisis.

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