Quote by Steven R. Boyett
And she was not beautiful asleep. Her expression slack and not angelic. The very ordinariness of it so beautiful he felt a yearning to be something more than he was or could be. And as good a player as he was, he knew as he turned on the reel to reel and hugged the Fender once again that nothing he composed would ever be as beautiful as her ordinary sleep.Watching her he played the music of her sleeping. And by surrendering made something beautiful.
Summary
This quote highlights the notion that beauty is not always found in perfection or grandeur. The narrator observes a person they love while they sleep, noticing the lack of traditional beauty in their expression. However, this very ordinariness stirs a longing in the narrator to transcend their own limitations and create something that rivals the beauty they see. As the narrator plays music and observes the sleeper, they realize that surrendering to the moment and embracing the ordinary can itself result in something truly beautiful. It suggests that beauty can be found in the simplest, most genuine moments of life.
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