Most people don't use the term sublime the way that it was originally intended, or when they do it's usually on accident. The term is meant to describe something beyond your ability to deal with, something so grand that just realizing its existence puts you at a loss. Sometimes sublime means something scary. Not scary like a-man-coming-at-you-with-a-knife scary, but scary in the way that the unknowable is scary. Like the way that the vastness of the universe is scary. Not scary in a bad way, but scary nonetheless. Scary can be beautiful. Never be afraid to be afraid.
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