When I look at a thing which has a living quality, sometimes I am aware of it, almost as if it is faintly glowing.

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• The more it is alive, the more it seems faintly to shine.claim0.839
  Alexander's introspective observation about the qualitative appearance of life in things.
• It is when this happens that we may sometimes feel ourselves to be in the presence of true life, true value.claim0.809
  The experience of encountering a work where the I shines through is an encounter with genuine life.
• We can sense, ahead of time, the quality of the completed whole, even when we cannot yet visualize it.claim0.804
• Almost all of us perceive this quality and feel it as it occurs in varying degrees in different parts of space.claim0.796
  Asserts the universality of the perception, not just the author's idiosyncrasy.
• When you make a beautiful thing, the depth of the person within becomes more vivid, lives more intensely for a moment.claim0.789
• A thing is beautiful to the extent that it reveals this one.claim0.787
  Definition of beauty as revelation of the I.
• faintly glowing qualityconcept0.786
  The subtle luminous sensation Alexander reports seeing in things that have life, like a soft light shining from them.
• The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.783
  Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.