How Beautiful?
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- Nov 1, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 19

Ever thought when you gaze in wonder upon something and respond, "how beautiful?" Did you ever find that answer to your own question of how beautiful it is or even think you were passively questioning the beauty of such thing? Didn't think so, because neither have I. And maybe it is merely just an expression.
This philosophy, along beside the many that there are, I am not carelessly going to suddenly inquire that Aesthetics is completely insignificant, of course, to the thought of beauty, but one that may be less thought-provoking and therefore not as "attentively" relied upon for the sake of acquiring specific "truths." Why I say this is, it seems the subject is too loosely and briefly addressed in a carefree manner and can be determined so upon many different fashions from many different people which is difficult to scrutinize as to why beauty may be non-branding because it is more objectified through feelings or expressions of wonder rather than constructing factual material for some identification.
Example: think of the many times you have pondered on something invoking beauty to capture your attention and then shortly later it happens again with another object, setting, person, etc. Due to the constant thought of coming across an attractive matter that is perpetual everyday but just taking the moment to notice and analyze why it has that beauty and what exactly gives it its beauty is far too abundant or even immeasurable. Also understanding one's own view of beauty upon something may differ from another's which again is supposedly why some things cannot be generalized throughout a group which makes it exclusive to the one responsive or appreciative of what is pleasurable to their senses.
So what does it mean if one stumbles across a sight that they claim as "art" yet another may not follow as to why they admire the sight the way they do? Does this mean or how does this mean it can be a work of art? Is it mere performance in regards to someone's personality and characteristics? Does it deserve the attention and reward based on a number of agreements from others? How do you constitute the genuineness of one's work compared to another's of similar perspectives? Do we judge and debate with how authentic something is because we may have not been in the presence of the one creating to understand their sense of beauty? Or maybe there is no "right" definitive constitution to an individual's perception of beauty to give it a specific identification which is caused by the mass differentiation of judgement among people that can and does change at any time.


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