What is the significance of this quote by Richard Preston? “It showed a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dissolves imperceptibly into beauty.”

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What is the significance of this quote by Richard Preston?  “It showed a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dissolves imperceptibly into beauty.”

anonymous · Answer

grr im stumped im usally ok in english....

anonymous · Answer

it is kind of a cyclic metaphor that describes how extreme negativity brings out a positive effect.

anonymous · Answer

the statement is one of the most optimistic view points. only optimism at its peak can bring out such a reaction.

consider a poor malnourished person from Africa. It is this obscenity that attracts the best minds and social workers towards them and it thus became a beauty