Why Beauty Matters: A Lesson Learned in Lapis Blue

Musings from my trip to France part 1

I waited with anticipation. Seated in my favorite cathedral in Paris, Sainte-Chapelle, aptly called the lapis jewel, Rebecca and I had arrived for the concert I’d booked months earlier featuring music by Pachelbel and Vivaldi. As others took their seats, I watched as heads tilted back, eyes looked up, and cellphones were raised to record the stunning beauty soaring all around us.