What Makes Beauty?
The ten most beautiful women. The ten most beautiful men. We jump to leaf through the lists, knowing that, amid the ten, there might be one on which we agree. Oh, the others might be appealing, might have features we appreciate, but are they the epitome of beauty? Sometimes only one, sometimes none really stand out for any given person. Who is top on your list? And do you know why?
For that matter, what natural wonders of the world are the most beautiful? Is a beach sunset the purest beauty or a mountain peak sun-glistened? If we disagree on what is most beautiful, is beauty subjective? Or is it objective, with one true definition?
Was Keats Right in His Poem?
When, in mathematics, a theory is defined in the perfect equation—simple, accurate, absolute—it is often called beautiful. In chemistry, the blending of compounds is sometimes called a beautiful synthesis. Is it true what Keats said in his poem? Beauty is truth, truth is beauty?
While looking at life events, recording memories, creating sketches of people I see, and responding to things I hear or read, I hope to look at all life’s seductions, the things that spark us, that stand out as real, as beautiful in one way or another. I believe that something in our subconscious responds to equations of truth, those poignant moments, the world when it shows us true grace.
Can beauty be an equation, where all variables equate to one need?
what is beautiful to you?
What Is Beautiful to You?
For a discussion on how beauty makes us vulnerable, see https://patriciaesposito.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=70&action=edit .