What is beauty? And who gives a damn about it?
In the flood of images that reaches us each day, we see beauty as prettiness, cuteness, as fashion, glamour, spectacle, color, sexual attraction and more. These are all easy, superficial, seductive, even manipulative. But they aren't beauty.
We don't contemplate beauty. We wear it. We don't expect beauty to lead us to a profound experience. We expect beauty to make the moment pleasant. We don't expect the impact of beauty to linger. We expect a quick hit and to move on. We don't expect beauty to be found deep within us. We expect to create it with airbrushing, adornments and cosmetic procedures.
Beauty is all around if we aren't distracted by its pretenders.
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