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Perhaps I need more accountablility. Perhaps not. Some days I just want to get on here and blog. I don't. I'm also hoping to work with a photographer to get some of my ideas out there, but in a different way. Visually I guess. I need to find someone willing to have fun and go on my tangents. I'd also love to get some music up here too.
Some days I think I don't blog because I doubt I have beauty at all. I know that isn't true. All women do. All human's do really. Let me explain. I've always thought nature beautiful. Even the distructive ugly parts (like one animal eating another). So I believe all humans should be beautiful... but how are humans part of nature? Well that is the biggest disconnect nowadays it seems. You see, I think humans are just animals. I remember hearing the head of Restoring Eden (an environmental group in the US) Peter Illyn talking. He is an amazing speaker. I remember hearing him talking about many things, but he was talking about some boys at the zoo. One of them said to the other "Dude, look at the animals!" Peter piped in, "Dude, you ARE animals." I just LOVED that picture. Anyhow. I believe I'm part of nature. As much as I don't feel like it (and live in a city that is a palace of concrete), I am there. To me, all nature is beautiful, so I must be too, even if I don't see it. Wow what a tangent.
I've also had a lot of conversations with people that maybe I should write about... For example a friend recently who is a wonderful single dad raising to gorgeous young girls... some of his comments had me thinking, and I might interview him for this. I guess I need to dedicate more time to this! Maybe in doing so I'll learn to love myself for the beauty that is seen on the outside and seen in my heart.
"Learning to love onself is the begining of a lifelong romance." -Oscar Wilde
Friday, September 19, 2008
Definition
My desire to find my own beauty has me searching for the definition of beauty...
First of course Wikipedia:
Beauty
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For beauty as a characteristic of a person's appearance, see Physical attractiveness. For other uses, see Beauty (disambiguation).
Beauty is a dominant theme in western art, as evidenced in Nymph with morning glory flowers by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Beauty is a characteristic of a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology and culture. As a cultural creation, beauty has been extremely commercialized. An "ideal beauty" is a person who is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture. A number of historical individuals have become icons of beauty, including Cleopatra VII, Helen of Troy, and Marilyn Monroe.
The subjective experience of "beauty" often involves the interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a common phrase that expresses this concept.[1] In its most profound sense, beauty may engender a salient experience of positive reflection about the meaning of one's own existence. An "object of beauty" is anything that reveals or resonates with personal meaning.
The classical Greek adjective beautiful was καλλός. The Koine Greek word for beautiful was "ὡραῖος",[2] an adjective etymologically coming from the word "ὥρα" meaning hour. In Koine Greek, beauty was thus associated with "being of one's hour". A ripe fruit (of its time) was considered beautiful, whereas a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. ὡραῖος in Attic Greek had many meanings, including youthful and ripe old age.[3]
For the full page click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty
I also checked Dictionary.com:
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
beau·ty
/ˈbyuti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[byoo-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
2. a beautiful person, esp. a woman.
3. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
4. Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment.
5. an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.
6. Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.
7. (usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty.
8. something excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty.
—Synonyms 1. loveliness, pulchritude, comeliness, fairness, attractiveness. 2. belle.
—Antonyms 1. ugliness.
Again, full page as well as pronunciation (for those who might be new to English): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beauty
I remember watching a facinating documentary called "The Human Face" on BBC. I would really like to see it again. I might try ordering it. Something that really stuck out to me was the whole "facial mask" thing. Some scientists had come up with a mathmatical formula (sort of) to determine if a person was pretty. It created this shape called that they would place over a photo to see if a person was pretty. It seems so strange to me. But I guess that we as humans are that predictable.
First of course Wikipedia:
Beauty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For beauty as a characteristic of a person's appearance, see Physical attractiveness. For other uses, see Beauty (disambiguation).
Beauty is a dominant theme in western art, as evidenced in Nymph with morning glory flowers by Jules Joseph Lefebvre.
Beauty is a characteristic of a person, place, object or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology and culture. As a cultural creation, beauty has been extremely commercialized. An "ideal beauty" is a person who is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture. A number of historical individuals have become icons of beauty, including Cleopatra VII, Helen of Troy, and Marilyn Monroe.
The subjective experience of "beauty" often involves the interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a common phrase that expresses this concept.[1] In its most profound sense, beauty may engender a salient experience of positive reflection about the meaning of one's own existence. An "object of beauty" is anything that reveals or resonates with personal meaning.
The classical Greek adjective beautiful was καλλός. The Koine Greek word for beautiful was "ὡραῖος",[2] an adjective etymologically coming from the word "ὥρα" meaning hour. In Koine Greek, beauty was thus associated with "being of one's hour". A ripe fruit (of its time) was considered beautiful, whereas a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. ὡραῖος in Attic Greek had many meanings, including youthful and ripe old age.[3]
For the full page click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty
I also checked Dictionary.com:
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
beau·ty
/ˈbyuti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[byoo-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
2. a beautiful person, esp. a woman.
3. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
4. Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment.
5. an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.
6. Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.
7. (usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty.
8. something excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty.
—Synonyms 1. loveliness, pulchritude, comeliness, fairness, attractiveness. 2. belle.
—Antonyms 1. ugliness.
Again, full page as well as pronunciation (for those who might be new to English): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/beauty
I remember watching a facinating documentary called "The Human Face" on BBC. I would really like to see it again. I might try ordering it. Something that really stuck out to me was the whole "facial mask" thing. Some scientists had come up with a mathmatical formula (sort of) to determine if a person was pretty. It created this shape called that they would place over a photo to see if a person was pretty. It seems so strange to me. But I guess that we as humans are that predictable.
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