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Originally Posted by atiguhya padma
You mean like the one used in Ms Universe or Ms World competition?
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Originally Posted by atiguhya padma
You mean like the one used in Ms Universe or Ms World competition?
Not quite subT:). I doubt whether the judges in a beauty competition know much at all about beauty. But there is a whole branch of philosophy devoted to the study of what we mean by the term beautiful. If it were true that beauty is entirely relative to the individual perception, then what is the point in such a branch of philosophy?
Beauty is simplicity of motion,
Envisioned in the eye or in the mind,
Constant and coordinated reflex,
The interplay of matter, space and time,
Stars in step with stars and galaxies,
Birth, Life, Death, Rebirth in cyclic patterns,
Change and evolution from the ocean,
A multitude expanding and contracting,
Beginning, metamorphosis and end.
- Sitaram
from "Modality of Thought"
http://toosmallforsupernova.org/modalityofthought.htm
Real beauty is not being able to see, hear, smell - sense something without stopping and letting the experience flow through you like a wave and your heart to stop and lie in your body breathless.
Yes my friend!! So true. As is the fact that the flow and ebb is different for each person, the catalysts so diverse for each individual human that only a brain scan will reveal what physical part of the human brain that is responsible, but can never reveal the passion responsible for the wonder that is 'appreciation'.Quote:
Originally Posted by scruffy_danny
I agree with scruffy_danny and baddad, but I do think you can find beauty in most things. even death can be beautiful.
If we can find beauty in ugliness, then, is there ugliness in beauty?
Read "The Painted Bird" by Jerzy Kosinski
Beauty, beauty, beauty...it's everywhere! What sort of beauty, tho? I think the thread started out posing the question~"what sort of person is physically beautiful to you?"...or something like that. Well, I'll give it a shot. Now, if I'm going to be talking about what I consider to be the epitome of physical beauty, I'm going to be talking about the fair sex...'cuz....well, 'cuz I'm a guy, and that's just the way my brain works. ;)
For starters, I've always been considered somewhat of an oddball when it comes to my idea of beauty. For example, while growing up with my buds, almost always, when they would point out a particular girl that they thought beautiful, my reaction would usually be less enthusiastic than their own. Although we were both seeing the same person, I didn't think she was "the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen". Beauty, for me, has always come from the within, rather than without. Don't misunderstand me, it's not that I considered...oh, I dunno...let's say some celebrity...(pick one)...it's not that I couldn't see that yes, she was pretty much flawless in the standards that had been set forth within our society, it's just that she wasn't necessarily "beautiful" to me. My buddies thought I was weird...maybe I am, who knows?
I've known people that didn't strike me as beautiful when I'd first meet them, but then later, they would become beautiful. In fact, I've witnessed this transformation a few times. What caused the transformation? Falling in love. When two people are head over heels in love with each other...they become beautiful...however, it only works if it's the real deal. Not 2 people that just have the hots for each other, but a couple who's souls are linked.
That's not to say that I don't have a particular "type" that I'm attracted to, I definitely do. In fact, I've been in love 3 times in my life, and the 3 woman could pass for sisters. That's a little weird, too, huh? And stranger still, I don't even realize it until someone, usually a family member, points it out to me. So, I guess I have a preference as to my initial attraction...and i'm gonna try to say this as delicately as possible...I'm just being honest, although to me, personally my 3 have been, and are, beauitiful, to others, while being pretty, they don't look like some Hollywood celebrity. To them, they don't...but to me, there isn't a Hollywood celebrity that can hold a candle to my girl. I'm dead serious. At first, my love would think I was just saying that to be nice, or something, I guess, but, in time, she'd realize that I was being completely sincere...because I was...I am!
And finally, to confuse you completely, you know those friends, who at first might not have thought my girl was a stunning beauty? Well...after a bit of time had gone by, and we'd fallen in love, her & I would run into that same person again...later on he'd say.."Wow, Bix! I don't remember her being that beautiful." It's happened every time. So, you tell me...what is beauty?
Beauty is something more than merely pretty:
"But, Alas," Beauty sighs, "people just love me for my brains, all that 'Truth is Beauty' stuff. No one ever sees me for the sexual object that I truly am, lying in a bordello of kitsch and simulacra, longing to be used, abused, and then tossed aside once I have become slightly stale."Quote:
Originally Posted by Beauty
Professor Einstein raises his finger and begs to interject a thought:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marilyn Monroe
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Originally Posted by Einstein
Absolutely, it is. Describing beauty is as hard as recognizing beauty is easy.
And sometimes, it is good to relax and enjoy something without getting caught up in details. Too much analysis can ruin things; it is possible to wear subjects out.
Hmmmmm....good point. One that bears further analysis....NOT! Just kidding...hee hee hee...
Aesthetics is a very wide field with all the room for interpretation that anyone could ever want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics
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I'll agree that there is beauty in truth, but truth is not solely comprised of beauty...truth holds that which can satisfy our very soul, but truth also has the power to unleash the Agonies unto our very essence...truth is a sword that cuts both ways.