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January 31, 2006 in Thoughts and Ramblings

Is it true that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”

Is there a universal idea of beauty? Is it possible that beauty can be measured?

your thoughts …

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February 6, 2006 at 1:14 pm

Rachel

Rachel

Hi Tina, how are you doing? It sounds like your cafe evening a couple of weeks back went really well! We’re excited for you and praying for you all in Thousand Oaks.

I think beauty is a wonderful thing. We need beauty. I think that where people are concerned, inner beauty is always more powerful than what the world sees as beauty on the outside. Perceptions of outer beauty change depending on culture and decade and celebrity I think. God has created so many beautiful things. I feel like knowing Him has opened my eyes to beauty in the world and in people that I never saw before…..

February 6, 2006 at 3:04 pm

niza

niza

how are you holding out without your man? =) i know, i know, they just left… lol. next time we gotta make plans to get together. btw, the food was incredible on saturday, thanx for feeding us. i’m waiting for your walk to starbucks post =)

oh… did you know your link on my comment section is messed up? see ya =)

February 6, 2006 at 4:16 pm

Larry

Larry

I think beauty is essential. It seems, though, that the farther people get from God the less able they are to recognize beauty. Intellect gets in the way, so you have art projects that are designed by committee to make a statement. Beauty is long gone, headed for the hills where it can run free.

Yet people have ideas of beauty, engrams or perhaps common perceptions wired in. A surprising number of peopel through the years have responded positively to my sculptures, which have always been designed purely to please me. Clearly there’s a lot of commonality in what we think is beautiful.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is the lazy man’s way out of the argument, I think. To some extent it’s true, but not completely.

February 7, 2006 at 2:18 pm

Tina

Tina

Hi RACHEL - I am good but lonely without Dean. He is in Miami with Alex. The Cafe was amazing. Thanks for the prayers. I really want VOX to bring life to Thousand Oaks. (Well, God will bring the life … VOX is just the vehicle).

NIZA - I am sad! I started missing him Sunday night! We do need to hang out next time!! I can’t post the Starbucks pics cause Dean took the computer! HAHA It will have to wait until he returns. ENJOY COLDPLAY!!! Let me know how they are live. I will check on that link.

LARRY - I think you touch on something when you say there is a lot of “commonality in what we think is beautiful”. I am currently acting on the idea that real, physical beauty is designed into all created things — nature and people. Until I find something better, I believe that there is a “standard” of beauty that we all sense. I think it has something to do with ratios or a grid that is built into all things. I believe we recognize this grid on a tangible and visceral level. I think as far as human the form goes … when a person’s form falls more in line with this ratio, the more beautiful that person seems. The genius of the design is that many different looking people can be beautiful. When people say ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ they are speaking of hair color, eye color, body shape etc. What I propose is that regardless of those characteristics there is something that makes someone considered universally beautiful.

More thoughts anyone?

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