On the perception of beauty
This is something I have been meaning to write from a very long time.I have waited for years to see if my perspective would change, or if life would give me some answers to these questions I've had. But that eureka moment hasn't come, and I'll go ahead and make my points anyway. So you might find this a bit muddled in places, very clear in others and with no reasonable conclusion. You have been warned! :D What is beauty to you? The most common definition I could find was "Something that pleases the eye". Alright, I'll give you that. There are basic aesthetic factors that our brain processes before we declare something as beautiful or not. Another point to note here is that these factors are always subjective and they vary extremely from person to person. But tell me this: does it give us the right to pass judgement on human beings using these arbitrary standards? In this day of photos, commenting on people's appearances has become a vicarious pastime ...