The cathedral is huge. As I walk towards it, it seems to peep at me between concrete and glass in the elegant Brussels.
Suddenly I am upon it. It is a massive structure. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries. And later on embellished and rebuilt through the 15-16 centuries.
It stands tall, majestic and against the autumn air, with a bit of a brusque pride.
I walk on, climbing many stairs and two giant doors appear. I look on closely at the door and click a picture.
The picture that you see. A part of the doors of the cathedral. Just one part, zoomed in.

It is both ornate and simple. Intricate and elegant. I stare at it for a while. The massiveness of the structure is subsumed by the elegance of the door.

I learnt the lesson long ago. Large structures by themselves aren’t glorious structures. It is when you add many perfect structures that can be independently glorious, do you get a large glorious structure.
Perfection is not about size. Art, design and glory takes many year of work. Hard work. .

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