Beauty
What is beauty?
Like love, many people over the centuries and all over the world have contemplated the true nature of beauty. What is beauty? Who decides what is beautiful? What makes something beautiful to one person and ugly to another? Is the true opposite of beauty ugliness?
Depending how deep in thought and philosophy you want to go, the answers to these questions can be somewhat easy or endlessly complicated. Questions can lead to more questions, and answers always lead to more opinions.
My opinion is that beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. I consider things beautiful or not based on my experiences. I might not think dogs are beautiful if I got attacked by one in the past. On the other hand, I might think roses are more beautiful than other flowers because I received them in my first bouquet from my husband.
By ‘eye’, though, I do not mean literal ‘eye’. Were I a blind person, I might find the smooth feel of porcelain beautiful while I found the rough texture of bricks ugly.
In the end, beauty is a bit subjective. Even so, I’d like you to write about it this week. What is beautiful to you? Nature? People? What makes you classify something as beautiful?
Before you start writing, remember to take a few deep breaths and let your mind clear. You could even, if you have the time and the inclination, try meditating for five or so minutes using the word ‘night’ as a mantra to help get you to focus. Try to shut up all the voices that will interrupt your writing process with to-do lists and doubts about your writing abilities.
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