A motif of two or more letters, typically a person's initials, usually interwoven or otherwise combined in a decorative design, used as a logo or to identify a personal possession.
Romantic visual and literary artists glorified things which takes us to problem number two: the "things" they glorified were hardly ever physical.
They glorified huge, complex concepts such as liberty, survival, ideals, hope, awe, heroism, despair, and the various sensations that nature evokes in humans.
All of these are felt -- and felt on an individual, highly subjective level.
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