I have never been called "beautiful," so that word has always held for me a foundation of unattainability, and therefore, mystery. What makes something--or someone--full of beauty?
The great and powerful Sophia Loren once said, "True beauty is a mirage." True beauty? What IS that, anyway? In your mind, what is "true beauty?"
Myself, I am awed by things of beauty, no matter what--or who--they might be (Johnny Depp...ahem…sunsets...butterflies...puppies...creme brulee).
This week, I would like you to muse with me about this concept. Over time, across cultures, the mystery of beauty has both vexed and captivated all walks of life. The animal kingdom even has its own notion of what makes them attractive—peacocks fluff their plumage, ducks wiggle their butts, all in the name of beauty. They do it to attract mates--is that why we do?
Do we chase beauty? Do we worship it? Are beautiful people treated differently that those considered less so?
Men and women have been frustrated and fascinated by beauty, have been rendered powerless in their attempts to capture it, bottle it, enhance it, ignore it, use it and celebrate it. WHY?? Why do you think human beings are so enthralled with the idea of trying to capture "beauty?" (this is kinda the same question as the one earlier, but as you can see, I feel strongly about this.)
Why? Its importance and its role in our lives will be the subject of this blog discussion, and I would like you to seriously consider what your definition of “true beauty” is. Why is beauty the object of both admiration and envy? Why does the pursuit of beauty bring us pain as well as pleasure? Consider both sexes when you ask yourself these questions—think about the pursuit, the pain, the pleasure from all angles.
Do you see yourself as beautiful? How do you measure it? Who is the most beautiful person you know? Why?
It is impossible for a human to be beautiful. However, the “most beautiful” (“closest to being beautiful”) person whom I know personally is Mr. Sopuch. He is the “most beautiful” person I know because he comes closest to fitting the criteria of beauty, but a person cannot be beautiful because humanity conflicts with at least one of those criteria.
ReplyDelete“True Beauty” seems infinitely mysterious on first glance, but is also understandable. “True Beauty” does not try to be anything, but just is, and gives, not because it wants to, but because it has to. A rainbow, nebula, pulsar, or barren tundra could be considered beautiful. The night sky could be considered beautiful when the smog does not block the stars. The drizzle on an early morning and the proceeding petrichor on the grass the following afternoon could be considered beautiful when the acid rain does not make the grass brown. The rainforest flourishing with life from the canopy to the forest floor and the flickering of light through the treetops (referred to by the noun “komorebi” in Japanese) could be considered beautiful when the trees are not harvested in the name of business and when trash is not dumped in the river flowing through the forest and killing the animals. Mainly, just about anything that man has not touched could be considered beautiful, and because of this, it is impossible for humans to be beautiful.
However, this does not mean that humans cannot create beautiful things, from the paintings of René Magritte to the films of Stanley Kubrick to the music of Pink Floyd to the poetry of Robert Frost, but I would not call these people, or groups of people, beautiful.
“The Matrix” sums up most of my reasoning in a scene where a robot-like guy explains why humans are not mammals: “Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but...humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern...A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.” And I would hardly call viruses beautiful.
Humans ironically chase what they perceive to be beautiful while they destroy the real beauty in the world. I cannot count how many men have destroyed beauty on Earth, via pollution and exploitation, to make money to buy what they perceived to be beautiful—cars, houses, ladies (or men, if that’s what you’re into)—and continue exploiting the Earth because the beauty was not found. The reason I cannot count how many men have done this is not because I suck at calculus, but because the number is too freaking big, and because I suck at calculus.
The pursuit of beauty brings many pleasure because, like my keys, wallet, and shoe, it is never found. Because humans never actually acquire the beauty they seek, they cannot worship it, but instead worship the idea of beauty. Humans find this idea of beauty in people that they consider “beautiful”, like those really hot anorexic chicks that starve themselves until they can barely walk down a runway without passing out. (In case my sarcasm was not clear, I do not find anorexic girls “hot”, but I do think that Nature, and the many disorders she grants to humans that destroy her, is beautiful. Nature is a girl that protects herself, destroys the weak, destroys the strong, and knows how to get what she wants: I can respect that.)
That brings me back to beauty in humanity, and Mr. Sopuch. Mr. Sopuch is almost beautiful because he seems infinitely mysterious (just look at him), but as one gets to know him, the easier he is to understand; you just need a working knowledge of the economy. Mr. Sopuch does not try to be anything he is not; he does not try to be like some average economics teacher without completely idiotic ways to pronounce words, riiiiiiggghhhttt. He pronounces them words the way he wants to, and that is almost beautiful.
DeleteFinally, I am not beautiful because I am a guy and prefer either “handsome” or “hot”. I am not either “handsome” or “hot” because I had kidney surgery when I was a few months old and my insides have been disgusting every since then.
Everyone has their own definition of beauty and everyone finds different things beautiful. This makes the world go ‘round because while one senseless jerk can call you ugly, another can come along and convince you that you’re beautiful. Some people find abstract art creative and beautiful, while others may see it as a bunch of useless shapes. Beauty can be found anywhere as long as you have the appreciation to see it. The term “true beauty” holds a deeper sense and meaning of beauty. It’s easy to see a pretty person and say “wow they’re beautiful,” but, true beauty takes a lot more than discovering what’s on the surface. True beauty is found when looking into another individual. True beauty is discovered when a person talks about their dreams, their passions, or even when they take off all of their make up. True beauty is found when superficial, surface beauty has no influence. It’s when you find them beautiful as a person. True beauty doesn’t have to pertain to just humans though. People find music, dancing, nature and even books truly beauty. All of these things hold a deeper, sentimental value. They provoke thought, appreciation and a recognition of beauty. True beauty needs an overall further insight and reflection. The weird thing about beauty is that while beauty is found universally, different countries acquire different standards of beauty. Every culture has an image in their mind of the most aesthetically beautiful being. In America, the public says that Kim Kardashian has the most ideal and beautiful figure. Although many, including myself, don’t hold anyone to Kim Kardashian’s standard of beauty, most Americans would agree that she is the closest to perfect. Usually, we maintain our beauty for ourselves and for others--especially our mates. Selena Gomez says “I just wanna look good for ya,” because she strives to look beautiful for her partner. While this may win a male in the human competition for mates, it is also important to feel beautiful for yourself. Of course someone telling you that you’re beautiful is satisfying and assuring, but, you need to recognize your own beauty. Recognize that you are beautiful because you are the only version of you. God or whoever/whatever you believe, put you on this Earth because they wanted you to be just the way you are.
ReplyDeleteAccept yourself, love yourself, see your true beauty and remember your worth. A lot of people spend their lives seeking botox, plastic surgery and boob jobs. Although these people may seem obsessed with achieving their high standards of beauty, they have the right to do this. If plastic surgery makes them feel beautiful, then so be it. Feeling beautiful is personal to everyone. You shouldn’t judge others on how they achieve their own version of “beautiful.” Those naturally beautiful people with stunning faces and perfect bodies have it rough too though. While their lives seem so easy, sometimes they solely get judged on their appearance. These goddesses’s talents might get overlooked because people only see their beauty on the surface. I always remember in shows a dumb yet, pretty blonde girl would say something stupid to her friend. The friend responds “It’s okay because you’re pretty!” Though the friend complimented her beauty, this has no correlation to her intelligence. It’s sad that someone’s skill, talent or personality can get overlooked because of their appearance. Nowadays we become obsessed with maintaining beauty. When a new foundation or mascara comes out, everyone buys it. Everyone excessively does their makeup, everyone feels ugly when they dress down and people don’t like to go swimming because they look “ugly” without makeup. This is honestly sad because beauty is not on the surface. Although visual beauty is what appeals to a partner, that is not the only beauty we want them to see. In most cases, when someone “slides in your DMs” it’s not because they want to know your fun personality, they want to see that ass. I find it sad that physical attractiveness is sometimes the only factor to a relationship. Sometimes the idea of beauty can distract us and consume our minds to focus on only physical attractiveness, when in reality, that is not the beauty that matters. Beauty is on the inside. If you can’t look at your partner and say “you’re beautiful” without referring to their physicalities, then you don’t see their true beauty. My idea of beauty has two levels. Of course I tell people they’re beautiful if they have dazzling blue eyes but, other times when I’m speaking of “true beauty” I’m only focusing in on what’s inside. I can’t think of a person who is truly beautiful off the top of my head. Maybe if I had a boyfriend I would say their name. Until then, I think my dog Maggie is beautiful. Not only does she have physical beauty with her long white fur, gorgeous brown eyes and adorable doggy smile but, she is deeply beautiful. My dog loves me and I love her too. She is beautiful when she’s happy, she’s beautiful when she greets me at the door and she is beautiful all of the time. Okay this really sounds like I’m in love with my dog… I swear I’m not crazy. I just appreciate my dog and I think that her personality makes her beautiful. I think I’m beautiful. I mean I do my best to get dressed and do my hair and brush my teeth and do my makeup everyday. (teehee that was polysyndeton). But, more than that, I know I have beauty in my soul. I know that someone might see me radiating beauty and passion when I do the things I love. I hope that one day someone will truly call me beautiful for what I am. That’s when the word “beautiful” envelops the most value. Overall, when discovering beauty you need to look deeper than the surface. When you recognize that beauty lies in the soul, mind, and not just the body, you’ll appreciate and know true beauty.
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DeleteEveryone has a different definition of beauty. Some people think beauty is just based on looks but I don't think that at all. Beauty isn't just determined by your figure or how your hair touches your butt, that's only half of it. The other half is what's on the inside. Beauty is how you act, how you treat others, how you care about others, not just your facial features. True beauty is a mixture of the outside and inside. Some people can be pretty or hot, but to be beautiful you need to be a great person inside and out.
ReplyDeleteHow you look is not everything. Finding your man's isn't just based on looks, it's a big part but it's not everything. Once someone gets to know you it doesn't matter how ugly or pretty you are, it's just about your personality. You can have one eye, be half bald, and have no eyebrows, but you will still be beautiful if you have a great personality. Your personality is what makes you beautiful, not your looks. If all boys were blind then it wouldn't even matter how you look because they would fall in love with the real you, your personality, not because you’re “slim thick witcho cute ass”.
However, none of that is really the case. Most people won't even consider talking to someone because they aren't “cute” even though they don't know them. We all chase what the world considers “beautiful”. People actually go through many painful scary surgeries just because they want to look like a certain someone they saw in the magazines. But sorry, surgery won't change your personality, it might just make you “slim thick” and that's about it. We look at those people who are literally famous for no reason other than their looks. No talent, rude, nothing. Like, why are supermodels even famous? They’re walking sticks, nothing special. Yet people worship them and want to be them. A supermodel could kick baby puppies, but just because they are “beautiful” people will still wish to be them. Just because they are considered supermodels everyone puts them on this pedestal and whatever they do wrong doesn't seem to matter, all that matters is their face and body, not who they really are.
Everyone tries so hard to capture beauty because they think that if they are beautiful all their problems are solved, wrong. No one will really ever like you for you, they will only pretend to like you because you're “beautiful”. People who are only considered beautiful on the outside have no actual good qualities like, smartness or kindness, which actually matter. Beauty doesn't matter when you're the smartest person in the world, so instead of trying to become so beautiful, you should focus on studying or being nicer which will get you way further than your cute ass slim thick self will.
DeletePeople will either hate on you or admire your beauty but when they are doing so, they are referring to your looks. Anyone can become beautiful simply by being nicer to others and doing what is right, but no one wants to put in the work. Everyone would rather get surgery to become “pretty” instead of become beautiful by being an all-around better person. Everyone sucks and is lowkey ugly because they’re mean and don’t care about anyone but themselves.
I’m not ugly but I’m not beautiful. I give myself a 6/10. Most of the time I look like I got hit with a bus and that causes me to be mean and that's not cool. I like myself better on days that I’m nice and in a good mood so I guess that's when I consider myself most beautiful, not on the days that my winged eyeliner is bomb. Although, in my eyes, the most beautiful person is my mommy. Even though she's really mean to me half the time, she really is genuinely nice to others and does everything she can to help people, she is also the hottest mom I know so she's just beautiful in all aspects.
True beauty takes your breath away, true beauty puts you in a state of awe and admiration, true beauty causes you to look at the world differently. I consider true beauty to be outside of our normal realm. For example, leaving sunny Mays Landing and experiencing things in another world differentiating from ours. True beauty is going on a safari trip and seeing twenty-foot giraffes, or four hundred pound lions who instantly put you in a state of amazement. True beauty is going to the Caribbean to swim up close and personal with majestic dolphins. True beauty is experiencing activities that you would never in your life think of even attempting, like hiking up a mountain and visualizing views you would have never seen unless done otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI believe beauty is seeing something that puts you in a daze that you can not explain. For example, if I, personally, have ever taken a trip to see the northern lights, I would not even imagine all of the feelings of excitement and awe that would be running through my body.
All of us could chase or worship beauty if it meant that much to us. Chasing beauty could be a wonderful experience and bring someone so much pleasure, let's say if we are “chasing” the seven wonders of the world. I would want to go on that adventure because I know the seven wonders of the world are absolutely stunning and breathtaking to see. Anyone can worship anything they want, we live in a free country after all, therefore worship something that is truly beautiful in your eyes, go for it. But beauty can also bring someone great pain. For example, breaking up with someone who you considered beautiful or having high hopes about seeing something you thought was magnificent, but ended up not to be.
The saying, “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” instantly rushed into my brain after reading this week’s blog topic. Everyone has their perceptions and ideas of what they consider beautiful. While one may find someone or something displeasing, another may find that person or thing astonishing and beautiful. No one can ever judge anyone for their opinions of what beauty is to them, because everyone is different in their own way.
In my opinion, I don’t feel as if I am ugly but I don’t think I am the most beautiful person in the world either. I consider myself to be in the middle of the ugly- beautiful scale because I take time in taking care of myself, but there is a difference between getting ready for school in the morning and getting ready for a fashion show in the morning. Personally, I would rather sleep in more rather than wake up early just to put tons of makeup on. However, there are two ways of being beautiful: being beautiful on the outside and being beautiful on the inside. I believe I am beautiful on the inside. I don’t deliberately hate anyone for no particular reason. I don’t go out of my way to ruin some innocent person’s day. I consider myself beautiful on the inside because I actually care about people and I’m actually polite to others.
I acknowledge my Mom as being truly beautiful. In my eyes, my Mom is one of the most beautiful people in this world. I don’t only think my Mom is beautiful just because we look alike, but also because she is truly an amazing woman. My Mom is one of the strongest people I know and I look up to her every single day. She is a hard-working lady who not only works at her job, but also works non stop once she gets home, either cleaning our house, cooking dinner, or doing the laundry. My Mom has been through a lot and I don’t know how she maintains to be the person she is. I wouldn’t know what to do without her and I’m so glad she ended up to be my mom.
For many people, if you ask them what true beauty is, they’ll mention things such as facial features, body types, how well someone's contour is, ya know stuff regarding appearance. I’d of course be lying if I said I would mention some of those same things. Being honest, I would mention things such as what I listed above before I would stop to think what beauty is and what it means. True beauty isn’t only the outer aesthetic of someone or something. True beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Call me cliche, but it’s as simple as that-- really. To be truly beautiful is different from person to person. Although what we see and define as true beauty is different for us all, we all have one thing in common. While what for me is true beauty isn’t the same for you and vise versa, what is truly beautiful to us is pleasing to our eyes, our feelings, our touch-- the list goes on and on. Something that has true beauty pleases your senses, your thoughts, your feelings.
ReplyDeleteBeing that we find true beauty in the people, places, and things that gives our senses pleasure, just as animals, we do certain things to enhance our beauty to attract mates. That sounds a little weird, but it’s true. How many times have you seen that really cute boy/ girl in middle school and made sure you wore your best outfit the next day just incase they were in the same room as you and happened to see you. To get anyone’s attention, we want to be presentable and pleasing to them and all of their senses. Of course I’m going to spray an extra spritz of perfume on, put an extra coat of lotion on, reapply deodorant, and make sure I’m in my cutest outfit with the best shoes I own before I leave to go on a date. Who does that? Why would you do that? We all do it naturally to pleasure someone we're attracted to because if you’re not “beautiful” you may not have a chance.
There’s too many people who too often chase beauty. There’s people who go out of their way to enhance their beauty. They chase it as if there’s a race or a competition for who got gets “most beautiful” the fastest. They get plastic surgery, liposuction, waist trainers-- I could go on forever-- just to look “beautiful.” But does their outer, physical aesthetic really matter all that much if their personality is trash? For most the answer is no, and for the ones who chase beauty their answer is “hell yeah all I need is to look good.” Kids nowadays worship beauty more than I think any other generation has. Beauty has always been worshiped but it’s becoming a sickness to the younger generations. They worship the “beautiful” celebrities who have had every plastic surgery done and Botox and every makeup product known to mankind applied to their face and Photoshop to perfect any imperfections. They think that is true beauty and they worship an unnatural, unrealistic beauty which seems to be everyone’s ideal image. It’s disgusting if you ask me. Beauty is so much more than having the perfect eyebrows, contour, being slim thick with a cute ass, having the whitest, straightest teeth, a five inch waist, the clearest face where blemishes are nonexistent, the tannest skin, or the flattest stomach. It’s also disgusting to think that the people who do look like the ideal image of what beauty should look like get treated differently than the people who don’t draw their eyebrows on, don’t wear makeup, and have more than zero percent body fat. In society, if you’re “ugly” you’re nothing. Simple as that. Do I agree with it or treat people with that mindset? Absolutely not. But that’s how the world works. If you’re beautiful, you’ve got your whole successful life ahead of you-- just because you’re “beautiful.” If you’re ugly, you get treated as if you don’t have a say and as if you won’t make it far in life-- just because you’re “ugly.”
We’re often captivated by capturing beauty because beauty pleases our senses. Capturing beauty could be capturing your favorite person's smile or laugh, it could be capturing the sun setting over a tropical ocean with white sand and palm trees, capturing beauty could be capturing the happiness you or someone else feels at a particular moment. When you capture beauty in either your memory, in writing, or in a picture or video, what is captured is what gives you or makes you feel the most bliss. We admire and envy beauty just as much as we capture it. To be beautiful is something we all want to feel, so we envy the people and things we feel as though are beautiful because we may not feel as though we are beautiful or contain beauty within ourselves. We admire beauty and the beautifulness of people and things because it’s a blessing to be beautiful, inside and out. Even though beauty brings us so much pleasure, as I’ve said a billion times, it comes with pain. The pursuit of beauty brings pain because if you’re not as beautiful as the person sitting next to you, you feel less important. If your work isn’t as beautiful as the other persons, it seems as though you wasted your time because it’s not “good enough.” Beauty brings along a lot of “not good enough” with it as it does pleasure.
DeleteBefore this blog I my answer to if I think I am beautiful would be, “absolutely not, are you kidding?” But after writing this blog and thinking really deeply into true beauty, I have to say that although my physical aesthetic isn’t all that beautiful, I surely am as a whole. My personality is beautiful in the way that I’m caring and motivated and sweet-- with a hint of anger issues-- and that means more than what I look like. People may be attracted to your appearance at first, but what makes them stay is the beauty of your mind, heart, and soul. I’ve been told a million time by family at holiday parties and on my mom’s Facebook post that I’m “beautiful, so pretty, gorgeous, looking so much like your mom!” but I don’t recall someone telling me that I’m beautiful and truly meant it in every sense of the word. No one’s ever told me my smile is beautiful, or my laugh, or the way I get when I’m happy, or the way I care so much. But it’s okay, I know I’m beautiful.
It’s hard to measure beauty. I can’t say that I can measure beauty. I guess you could measure beauty by comparing it to something else you think is beautiful. But that again would be different for everyone. It’s such a sensitive, intangible feeling that can’t really be measured, just like happiness or love. But, if I could measure beauty, just know I would have the most beauty out of everyone. I am the most beautiful person I know. I have worked the hardest with myself to be where I am today and I would be doing myself a disservice if I didn’t say I’m the most beautiful person I know. I don’t mean this literally as in I have the most beautiful face and/ or body of everyone I know, but I have so much love and self respect for myself and I think that’s one of the most beautiful things to have in life.
Something or someone beautiful requires the ability to induce a positive emotion, typically one of admiration or fondness. To me, true beauty transcends mere physical characteristics. For example, a beautiful person is an overall good person. One whose presence and actions cause everything else to be beautiful. In a way, complimentary beauty is true beauty.
ReplyDeleteI believe that people never truly aspire to be, “Beautiful,” or whatever that word means to them. Instead, they hope to obtain what comes with it. Admiration, praise, love. Beautiful people are relentlessly worshipped globally. Gracias mass-media and social networks. These type of people are talked about constantly and are typically read about on blogs and are frequently featured in the news.
And simply, to answer the question of, “Why is beauty the object of both admiration and envy,” people want what they can’t have. They do whatever it takes to get what they want and become frustrated when they are unable to attain it. Thus, envy ensues. When people compare themselves to others, which is completely illogical in every aspect, the bane of relationships, jealousy, rears its repulsive head.
Just a side note: It is a proven FACT that not everyone can be born beautiful. I read on scienceknowsbeauty.com that the gene pool naturally results in beautiful and ugly individuals. However, I also read on scientificfallacies.net that the previous statement, as believable as it may seem, is false. Unfortunately, neither of those sites were real and the idea of beauty depends on the individual so stop believing everything you read and hear. Make up your own mind GODDAMMIT!
Am I a beautiful person. I would like to believe so. Considering the only people who ever told me I was beautiful was my mother and a deranged drug addict on the streets of Philly, I could not tell you from experience if people thought I was beautiful. And because of my long track record of rejections and my depressingly short list of previous girlfriend(s) that contains only one name, I could also tell you that maybe I should lower my standards. Kidding. But how do people gauge it? Not a clue. “That hottie over there is an impressive 8.” says Primitive Douchebag. Just because she has an ass and boobs does not make her beautiful.
About who the most beautiful person I know is... I’ve got no clue. I haven’t met anyone with, “Complimentary Beauty.” Hopefully I can venture throughout the world and befriend someone with that characteristic.
True beauty is different for everyone. Afterall, there are approximately 7. 125 billion people in the world. To me, true beauty is something or someone that takes your breath away (in a good way). Its like you’re in this hypnotic trance and all you can say is, “Wow.” In a room full of flaws, all you can focus on are the “blessings” (Thanks to dictionary.com for this really bad antonym). True beauty can be found in anything or anyone. Whether its nature, or music, or art, or boys, or girls-- I guarantee someone, somewhere will find beauty in them.
ReplyDeleteMen and women strive to be “beautiful.” They want to be recognized for their eyes, their hair, their outfits. They want to be remembered for their manners, their volunteer work, their kind heart. They want to be accepted as a person, and the only way they can do that is if they meet the “criteria”. Being considered a “true beaut” is equivalent to winning a Nobel Prize; Its everything one could hope for. Because we are members of this messed up society, we’re taught to think a certain way, dress a certain way, and act a certain way. If we don’t do those things, we’re “ugly”, and no one wants to be considered ugly.
We try so hard to fit in, to be “beautiful”, and we end up getting hurt along the way. This “beauty”, it lifts our spirit and makes us feel good, but it also makes us fragile and often crushes our soul. In a field of red roses, there will always be that one dead flower (bad analogy, I know). We are very driven people, but even a nasty comment can knock us down. Nothing can ever come freely. Everything always comes with a price.
Do I see myself as a beautiful person? I would like to think so. Even if I’m not, I tell myself that I am. It makes me feel better about myself. And when I keep reminding myself that I am, I believe it. It makes things less painful in the long run. Honestly, I think everyone is beautiful. And I’m not just saying that because that’s what everyone wants to hear. Its true. Everyone is beautiful. And yes, that includes “those” people too. But, beauty does not always pertain to 100% perfection. Even the most beautiful person in the world will have his/her flaws.
Beauty in modern day world has evolved from what our ancestors thought beauty was. To me beauty is someone or something that captures my attention because of how abstract that someone or something is. I consider beauty as something out of norms. Like for example Bryan Marengo. He is simply just a magnificent piece of art, I’m not saying that he’s not normal but he has that mysterious aura around him that just captures your attention.
ReplyDeleteBeauty is an object of admiration because most of the time, people strive to be beautiful because people who are beautiful are the most respected in our society. Being beautiful is not just looking good on the outside, being beautiful can also mean being beautiful on the inside. Being beautiful on the inside, to me, means that someone must have manners and respect for other people. Sure someone can have pretty facial features and have a great body, but having a bad attitude will not get them anywhere. Beauty is also an object of envy because people who are pretty definitely have more privileges than others who may not be as pretty. Also beauty is looked highly upon in our modern day society. People spend thousands of dollars to make themselves look pretty because with beauty, it build people’s confidence and with that confidence, it helps achieve more.
Being beautiful can elevate someone’s status and they can enjoy more in life. In that mindset, beauty can bring pleasure. Also being beautiful can create one’s circle of friends so to that point, it can also bring pleasure. But to some degree, being beautiful can also bring pain because being some people may just only use you for your beauty and not care about your inner feelings. Maybe your friends are just your friends because you look pretty, so what if one day, you’re not pretty anymore. It will bring pain because you find the truth behind your friendship and you will feel betrayed. People will take advantage of the beauty so with beauty, be careful.
I do not think I am pretty because half of the time, I look like I just went through World War 2. I am just a mess during somedays. I wouldn’t say I’m ugly either because I think I’m beautiful on the inside because I have manners and I respect everyone. The most beautiful person I know is probably my mother although Byan is close to there. My mother is beautiful inside and out. She has great manners and also she has a beautiful body and face. Even I am envious of my mother. Other people may disagree with me because everyone has different ideas of beauty, but in my mind, my mother is the most beautiful.
Beauty should not rely on what your appearance is, how you dress, or what shape your body may be. Beauty should rely on how much love, how much worth, how much trust you have in your heart. Beauty comes from within. I know that is cliche to say, but it’s the truth. Beauty shows how much confidence you have, what you find fascinating, how you view the world- whether good or bad. An immense amount of people find it hard to find beauty because of how society views ‘beauty’. Society’s way of beauty includes: perfect skin, perfect hair, perfect body, perfect personality. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Nobody is perfect. That is why beauty should not rely on looks, it should rely on confidence and how you see the world. Appearances are pluses.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people, (mostly ladies), look a million times a day to make sure nothing has grown on their face, or to check if their hair is still in tacked. Some days we wake up and we feel extraordinary about ourselves and the next day we look in the mirror and cry because we don’t fit society’s respected appearance. People pursue beauty to fit in and to love themselves. We all want to fit in- be part of something. Not having the appearance in a specific society can make us feel doleful. Loving ourselves is even harder because of how many people view ‘beauty’. It is very difficult to feel beautiful and to love yourself when there are specific ways you need to look.
Do I consider myself beautiful? That’s tough. On average, I would rate myself a 8/10. There are some days where I feel I am a -18. There are also some days I feel I am a 18/10. But that is based on my appearance. My inner beauty I would rate myself a 10/10. I love how my heart loves and views the world. My heart (and eyes) are the most beautiful thing to me. The most beautiful person I know is Mrs. Demark. She is amazing. I love how she loves to save the world and how she has so much love for her students. It truly amazes me how close she is to being perfect.
Ill just start off by saying that I really love this post because I do feel very passionate about all the beauty that is in this world.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes someone beautiful to me is when someone can appreciate and accept someone for the person that they really are or that they can accept the person someone wants to be. I find it beautiful that someone can look at someone and know that they aren't perfect and know that the have many flaws but not care about those things because those things have to relevance to who that person really is. A beautiful person to me is someone with an open heart and mind. I literally don’t care what you look like because beauty is skin deep and you could be the most attractive person ever but if you have a horrible personality and attitude then to be you are not beautiful at all. As far as "things" go I do find most things to be full of beauty. I get chills when I go on car rides and see the sunset peek out from behind trees or houses, all nature to me is beautiful. Its so natural and untouched and there's nothing fake about nature or the animals in it and that is truly beautiful to me.
Many people do strive to be "beautiful" to attract mates but I wish people (mainly women) would realize that being yourself and being confident in the person that you really are makes you more beautiful than an makeup or hairstyle could. But sadly people will never accept that idea because people are held to unrealistic standards of what is considered to be "beautiful' because of the media and the celebrities in it.
Being attractive does not mean that you are a "beautiful person," at least not to me. I do not chase beauty nor do I chase/crave to be around the more attractive people in this world because they are no better than anyone else. I do however prefer to do around the people that I find "beautiful" because they are people that are understanding and make me happy. Society today does worship "beauty," they want to have it for attention reasons, they want to take it from others for greed reasons, and they want to undermine people that are more "beautiful" than them for power reasons. I do believe that the more "beautiful" people get treated very differently than everyone else. They get more of what they want even if they don’t deserve it, they get more attention, power, and recognition for being "above average."-
-It should in no way be like that though because I believe that no one is better than anyone else, I don’t care how much money you have or how attractive you are, you are no better than me and I am no better than you. Humans are so enthralled with the idea of "capturing beauty" because in this day in age beauty is power and power is happiness. People crave happiness and don’t understand that they can achieve happiness in many simpler ways then they think. I believe that if you were to take two people and places them in two complete different environments, one in the city and one out in a very rural area just for a few days that the person in the rural area would be more happy. Here's why: you would have no one to impress or embarrass yourself in front of out in nature, you would be forced to look at trees and birds and the sky and eventually you would see that the world in all its naked glory is so incredibly beautiful. Without having to live up to any standards we would be able to appreciate just how beautiful we really are as people and we wouldn’t have to feel the need to hide because we wouldn't have to be more attractive than anyone else. We wouldn’t have to feel bad for wanting to look a certain way because we would all be considered equal and no one would be better than anyone else which is how I think it should be.
DeleteI do see beauty in myself but not in the aspect of looks. I think that I am a beautiful person because I strive to help people and I appreciate and find beauty in almost everything. I measure my own beauty by my actions, how I carry myself and by how I treat the people and things in my life. But now that I am thinking about it there is absolutely nothing wrong with finding yourself aesthetically pleasing, which I do find myself to be as well. Im not exactly sure who the MOST beautiful person in my life is but I do know two of the most beautiful people in my life are you, Bunj, and Valaniece. I find the two of you to be so beautiful because you both are so incredibly smart and have the biggest hearts. You both strive for greatness not only for yourselves but also for the people in your lives. I always find myself running to the both of you in my times of need because you are both understanding and forgiving of the decisions I make. You both help provide a solid ground for me to stand on and that is truly a beautiful thing to me.
First of all, I don’t know WHY you haven’t been called beautiful because you ARE!!
ReplyDeleteWhat makes a person beautiful? Well, beauty exists in all things, all beings, everything and everywhere. It’s true that a lot of people just can’t see it. Therefor everyone has beautiful qualities, even if no one can see it or they can’t see it themselves. When I look for beauty in a person I look first to the mind. Intelligence and awareness contribute heavily to my own ideals of beauty. Awareness of, yanno, everything. Then, I look to the heart. Strength is beautiful, but so is the ability to admit to weakness and thee willingness to embrace it, and to sometimes fight it. Of course, physical beauty exists as well, as much as the over-sensitive majority likes to deny it. This doesn’t mean that society’s ideals of beauty should be everyone’s though. Still, I see beauty in all people. Even from the outside in. People confuse what they’re attracted to with what they find beautiful. For example, you might not be attracted to skinnier women, but a skinny women could be beautiful anyway, in different ways than just her body (eyes, hair, etc). I try my absolute best, as a photographer and writer, to make subjects feel absolutely beautiful based on what they do have (curves, bones, freckles, etc) rather than telling them to try and appear as something they aren’t. Physically, confidence is beautiful. And though I’m a hypocrite here, everyone is fully capable of finding confidence...it just takes the right words, inspiration, and internal repairs. I don’t know if any of that was confusing, it’s hard to put into words.. but all in all everything and everyone has beauty in one way or another. I think, sadly, a lot of people have forgotten that.
Yes, most people chase beauty for everyone but themselves. Boys, when they’re young, set standards for girls...sometimes standards that are impossible for everyone to meet. I mean, in high school, today, it’s popular to have straight, shiny hair...to wear either no makeup or excessive makeup...to have “nice” boobs and a “nice” butt...etc. Don’t get me wrong, guys set standards for girls too and girls for girls and guys for guys and so on. Everyone sets standards for each other. Anyway, of course this is to attract “mates”. Otherwise none of us would care. Just like other animals, it’s our biological instinct to find people compatable for us both emotionally, mentally, and physically.
We do chase beauty and we definitely worship it. No matter where you go, society’s beauty ideals are advertised. Billboards with flashing lights in cities, radio ads for youth restoring surgery, plastic surgery advertisements and information pamphlets at the doctor’s office. On top of that you're treated differently if you don't look beautiful in society's eyes… Which would inevitably mean that you don't look beautiful in popular high school eyes either. I mean, you can have your own style and still be what everyone terms beautiful but if you do it wrong, if your hair isn't perfect, if you don't wear makeup, if your body isn't perfect and thin, if you have bad acne, if you don't wear tons of perfume, you get outcasted. And because you get outcasted you act kind of different because it's a completely different social experience to be around a bunch of other outcasts rather than the popular kids! In my opinion, it's better. But it seriously does damage to other people. They get treated like they aren't good enough and learn pretty young that they have to make confidence for themselves which isn't always easy to do. It sucks, trust me.
DeleteI probably took this question wrong but whatever. Why are we so enthralled with capturing beauty? My reasoning is because it's really really worth capturing. A photograph can never do justice to an experience but it can do enough… It can spread beauty and awareness of the good in the world. In terms of relationships, I don't know why because I see beauty in everything. I think beauty is beautiful I guess… It's like something really really important to understand and love and
find everywhere and embrace everywhere. Finding the perfect looking guy was never my thing. I don't really care. I'm not in it just for that.
DeleteBeauty is the object of admiration and envy. Definitely. Like I said, the girls who can't see beauty in themselves simply because no one else will (or guys too) learn envy. They get jealous of the popular girls who get pretty much worshiped for their beauty. They want that because it's something that everyone says is good and normal and not having it makes them feel worthless and not normal. Which is the worst! Those who can't see beauty in themselves envy…usually. Those who see beauty in their heart but not their mind might envy someone else's beautiful mind but that's still them not being able to see that somewhere inside they have mind beauty too! Of course, beauty births envy. It is desirable. But beauty also births admiration. Which is the only thing I feel like it should birth. Everyone and everything has beauty. The journey to find what beauty you already have will always be more worth it than trying to obtain the beauty you don't have. Embrace it. Admire yourself once and awhile. Everyone is beautiful and admirable somehow.
Beauty isn't necessary in life. But it exists. That's why it's so important to me. Why do we see things and get chills and want to cry sometimes or hear words that make us melt or feel feelings that make life feel unreal. It's so amazing to me. I guess that's weird but sometimes I can like stare at a picture for hours just really really feeling an appreciating it...even a five year olds stick figure drawing lol. And words really get me too. My boyfriend told me how he went skydiving once, and what it felt like and all that, and I had to hold back tears so he didn't think I was insane but I just thought his description was so beautiful and I wanted to remember it forever. I don't know I really appreciate a lot of things I guess that’s why it's so easy for me to find beauty in things. I just can't seem to find it in myself.
The most beautiful person I know...that’s really hard. Hopefuly this is acceptable, but I can’t pick. I mean I really really do see beauty in everyone. I don’t find beauty measurable therefore no one person or gender is more beautiful in any way than another. I really believe that.
I guess I’m just one big humanist.
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ReplyDeleteMr. Samuels’ freshman honors world history class: where I learned possibly the most important lesson of my high school career; that the perception of beauty is defined by standards of wealth. Cultures and people from around the world have been defining beauty since the dawn of human civilization. Ancient egyptians valued perfumes and scented moisturizers to mask body odor. The most “beautiful” people were considered very clean; the rich would bathe up to three times a day in scented water. Ancient greeks thought that the most aesthetically pleasing men were muscular- these men were mostly from wealthy families, since they had the leisure time to exercise, and lacked the need to work. “Beautiful” greek women had curves and I guess what you could call “booty”; they were also assumed to be rich, since their “extra fat” in “all the right places” was attributed to their high accessibility to food. Today, American society looks kindly upon individuals who are tan (but not too tan!!!) as well as skinny (but not too skinny!!!), and possess a symmetrical face, complete with big eyes and flawless bone structure. Tan and skinny people are obviously wealthy because of all that time spent on the beach and in the gym, so they must, by definition, be beautiful, right?? All in all, both ancient and current beauty standards are used to symbolize one’s power and status in society.
Thank you, Mr. Samuels, for teaching me that beauty standards are bullshit. Donald Trump is, after all, one of the wealthiest people on this planet; why does he, in the words of Melissa Evans, look like “mummified foreskin” ?????
Prior to this lesson, the concept of beauty baffled me. What makes one person more “beautiful” than another? Why are certain characteristics viewed as aesthetically pleasing, while others are not? Do I gain a “pretty point” because my hair is blond? Do I lose one because of the size of my nose? 13 year-old me was obsessed with being beautiful- she used to cry herself to sleep wondering why she wasn’t as pretty as the other girls. And this was somewhat understandable. The pretty girls wore the name-brand clothes, were popular, had boyfriends. 13 year-old me thought she could gain the admiration of her peers through a nose job.
“It’s painful to be beautiful”, my mother always used to say as she’d yank my tangled hair with her satan comb. I’d cry in that moment, but would later take pride in my perfectly un-tangled hair if a teacher or classmate complimented me on it. It’s been years since my mom has said this to me, but I find myself thinking about it often because of the truth it holds. We, as individuals in a judgemental society, will pinpoint our insecurities and work to hide them; whether it be acne, unwanted weight, or crooked teeth. This is a great deal of work. It’s emotionally exhausting and painful to hide parts of who we are as individuals 24/7, all because these specific traits may not meet an impossibly attainable standard of beauty. This pain, however, seems to pay off the second we receive an encouraging compliment from another person. Beauty makes us compromise our own sense of self, and many people are okay with that.
Do I see myself as beautiful? My 13 year-old self would’ve said no, but my 16 year-old self doesn’t really care anymore. I’ve decided that there are so many other things I’d rather spend my time thinking about. One of these things is Bernard Sanders. Truly the most beautiful person to have ever walked this earth, Bernie Sanders cares about people other than the privileged white male. In response to having his tour van stolen one day last October, he exclaimed “Mother fucking shit fuck, I just realized my Fugazi tape was in there”. This is one of the many reasons why Bernard Sanders is beautiful.
http://thehardtimes.net/2015/10/14/bernie-sanders-launches-gofundme-after-tour-van-stolen-outside-debate/
DeleteThis is the article where I found the Bernie quote, please read it will change your life.
Beauty is completely objective. It can never be clear-cut; there’s no criteria out there that will accommodate everybody’s tastes. Of course there are societal preferences, and certain qualities that a majority of people find attractive, but there will always be the percentage that think differently, and so beauty cannot be contained within a certain construct. Different places in the world also have varying ideas of “beauty.” Many Asian countries view pale skin as “beautiful,” whilst in America everyone yearns for tan skin. On that note, I’ll just throw it out there that in this blog post, I talk a lot about outer beauty and “looks.” Let’s leave the personality and inner beauty for another blog post. “Onwards and upwards.”
ReplyDeleteI believe we try to achieve standards of beauty to “attract mates” but I believe that’s only to a certain primitive extent. Human beings are technically animals, but I like to think we’re much more complex. So when we wiggle our butts, we’re not like ducks trying to attract other ducks. Beauty makes us feel good about ourselves. When we have achieved our personal standards of beauty, our self esteem sky rockets. So when we wiggle our butts, maybe it’s just because we know our butt looks good. I assure you, girls don’t spend hours trying to perfect a winged eyeliner because they think the boy they like will notice it. And if ducks could apply liquid eyeliner, I think they would feel the same way.
No doubt, we live in a superficial society. Every billboard has a pretty face, every magazine has some girl or guy with a hot body, and with social media to hide behind, every image of ourselves can be edited and tweaked until we’re satisfied. To me, this is indicative of the fact that as a society, we chase beauty. Beauty is simply nice to look at, and being good-looking grants you certain privileges. And if simply putting more effort into our outward appearance can grant us attention and extra lovin,’ why wouldn’t we do it? And in contingence with this, we chase beauty because the world worships it. Models who spend hours toning their body and perfecting their sultry gazes get tons of media attention, fans and followers on Twitter. They haven’t made any breakthrough science discovery, or written an enlightening book, or entertained people through any other form of art. Models are mediums for designers to showcase their creativity, yet they receive fame and glory because they are beautiful. Some say that they’re undeserving of it, but I disagree. The modeling industry is cutthroat, and if you can make it out alive, I say good for you. Also, looking at pictures of Gigi Hadid on Instagram inspires me to want to workout, before I see my bed and realize that lying there is much more fulfilling, at least for my emotional health.
Which leads me to the topic of beauty holding influence. Beautiful girls on magazine covers, and TV, and social media, how do they make people feel? Do they inspire people? Do they bring people down? Are they what cause people to suffer from eating disorders? Does watching the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show make some girl somewhere want to starve herself? I personally think another person’s beauty doesn’t affect your own. We are all genetically disposed to have certain types of bodies; something that we can’t choose or necessarily change (unless you want to spend big bucks on plastic surgery). Same with our faces. Looking at models on Instagram doesn’t make me hate myself, because to me they don’t feel real. But do other girls get affected by that? I don’t know, but I wish I did know.
DeleteLooking at people who feel real to me makes me feel more than any model ever could. I’ve suffered from Ugly Best Friend Syndrome since I burst out of the womb, and it hasn’t subsided. It’s tragic really. I’ve experienced firsthand how “pretty” people get treated compared to “ugly” people. The difference is astounding. I could be smart, funny, charismatic, but the prettier girl next to me is going to be the one that people notice and care about. Controversial opinion maybe, but I’ve noticed that “pretty” feminists are heard and recognized more often than “ugly” feminists.
I think I contradicted myself earlier (before I went on that tangent), as to why we chase beauty. To clarify: I think it’s a mixture of fulfilling our own self-esteem needs, and also possibly benefiting from society’s biases towards people who possess beauty. I’m definitely not saying that pretty people have easier lives, but no doubt they receive certain privileges in society. And people everywhere either admire their beauty, or are extremely envious of it. I find myself more often admiring people’s beauty, rather than being envious. If I am envious, it’s always because of the special treatment they sometimes receive.
How does one actively embark on the “pursuit of beauty?” Is there a special train I need to catch? An underground railway? Have the tickets sold out yet? Because I honestly don’t know where to start. I suppose looking for beauty would require lots of effort. Working out a little extra, taking more time to pick out an outfit, checking mirrors more often, wearing a little more makeup? The end result must be wonderful, but I can’t imagine the time and effort that goes into it, on both a female’s end and a male’s end. Obviously “beauty” is different for girls and guys, but the idea is the same. Generally, both sexes want to fulfill society’s idea of “good looking.”
On the outside I wouldn’t consider myself “beautiful” at all. I’m pretty average, and that’s fine. I like to think I have an okay enough personality that makes up for my lack of… everything. But I definitely don’t think beauty can be measured, especially not by size. I don’t even need to get into that, because I’m pretty sure most can agree that size does not determine beauty.
The most beautiful people I know are probably my mom and my cousins. First of all, I think my mom is really freaking pretty. Don’t know why I didn’t cop those genes, but whatever, I’m not bitter or anything. My mom is also gorgeous on the inside. She loves Thomas and me more than she loves anything else in the world (besides God haha) and she would sacrifice anything and everything for us. And my cousins are the most beautiful girls I know. I come from a fairly attractive gene pool, but I seem to have missed out on all of those chromosomes. (Is that the right scientific info? Bryan? Dhwanil?) But my cousins have hearts of gold. They listen to my long feminism rants without complaining, they beg to read my blog posts because they genuinely enjoy reading my writing, and their positive and happy energy always brightens up the room. I would say that’s “beautiful.”
Beauty can cause you to have many feelings towards someone. For some, finding beauty in someone means that they like or admire them, but others can have hatred for people that are good looking mainly because they’re jealous or just because that person knows that they’re pretty and they don’t know how to take a compliment when one is given to them. They’ll respond with “I know” or a cheap grin which comes off like they didn’t need your compliment in order for them to see their beauty. Those people irk me. But yet we still all want to be beautiful. Growing up these thoughts about beauty and how boys only like the beautiful girls have been engraved into our minds. To me beauty is just more than a face, its personality, how you treat others, and how you treat yourself. For girls there’s a certain standard of beauty that society has sculpted for us. We have to be skinny and have big boobs, a big butt, and big lips. Finding beauty in something isn’t just thinking something is cute or funny, something that’s beautiful has a way of making us feel beautiful. Sadly, I feel as though this isn’t always the case. Very often there are girls that are beautiful when I scroll down my news feed on Instagram but if it’s a person I don’t know very well, is beautiful the correct title to give them? What if they’re pretty but their personality is ugly because they’re rude and disrespectful? I definitely take all of these things into consideration because it’s not all about looks or at least it’s not supposed to be. That’s why I hate the careers that base everything off of looks. They make people feel pressured to look a certain way in order to be able to get the job of their dreams. Every famous person, in my eyes, looks the same. Which is why I feel that everyone thinks there’s standards to practically everything and especially with how you should look. Beauty is one of those words that have a different definition depending on who you ask. I just wish more people thought that they were beautiful and worth something. I think that a lot of the reason why people don’t see their true beauty is because they don’t look like the famous actresses who symbolize it. But who is anyone to choose specific people to portray beauty and to tell everyone else that if they don’t look like that actress than they’re not beautiful? Everyone always has something about them that makes them beautiful, but they’ll feel beautiful when they realize what that characteristic about themselves is.
ReplyDeleteI find beauty in others before I find it in myself. Beauty is happiness, positivity, and confidence, which are all things that are generated by my surroundings. I don’t see beauty as something that is genetic or appearance at all really. Yeah, I'll say “omg that's beautiful” but when it comes to true beauty there is so much more than the physical aspect.
ReplyDeleteAt a young age, were all discriminated into social groups that we probably don’t even fit it. Its harsh that this happens on a playground in 2nd grade, when we knew NOTHING about each other, just knew each other's names and a little bit more if our parents arranged us to hang out a few times. We grow up knowing only what we allow us to be surrounded by, in our comfort zones, either scared to find ourselves or convinced we already did. I honestly believe one of the most beautiful moments of growing up is stepping out of those awkward years of life where we were hot shit or a “no onee” because in that moment, we start the path to who we really are, independently, and that is the start of beautiful journey. We can admire each other's beauty or we can despise it. Jealousy is so important in a teenagers life. The first question you ask yourself when you see your ex mans with a new girl is “is she pretty?” hoping the answer is no, literally praying. We tend to use physical appearances as ice breakers because it's the one thing you can’t change about someone but I don’t consider that their true beauty. For girls, beauty is held as an expectation. Every girl deserves to feel great about themselves. Not based on attention from boys or how much makeup is resting on their face. They deserve to have the confidence to walk into a room full of people and smile not because they feel better than everyone else, but because they don’t care, and that goes for boys too!! We know everyone is different and there is different groups of people, but does that make them ugly? I think people overlook boys as pigs when it comes to this topic. Yes, being pretty is something a boy looks forward. But if a boy really does like a girl it doesn’t really matter.
Yes, in my words, I see myself as beautiful. I'm always smiling and thinking the best of things. I love to make others happy and feel great about themselves too. I make sure my environment is full of people who are more beautiful than I am. Always laughing, optimistic, and brave. I don’t count people out on anything. And what i was talking about before in social groups, that's where I knew who I really was and many can relate. I gained confidence and smile that was forever plastered on my face after I stepped out of my comfort zone. It made me who I was today and I don’t know if I would be this positive and crazy if I never lost the friends I did or finally played sports. I consider that my “true beauty”. There is plenty of creative ways to describe beauty and if I had to match myself with what others thought it was then I’m not sure if I could do it. The most beautiful person to me would have to Cait beck. Cait always is helping others and never frowns. By far, one of the nicest people ever. I know so many beautiful people though, she's the first that came to mind.
Beauty can mean many different things depending on the person you are talking too. To find true beauty in someone, you can't just look at their face or curves, you have to look deep into their soul. Beauty comes from within. Beauty comes in different shapes, sizes, and shades. It's a combination of many different qualities. Beauty to me isn't just about the way you look, it involves your personality, life goals, and attitude. You can be the cutest person on earth but if your personality sucks, I want nothing to do with you. It's something that captures my attention and makes me speechless. You can find true beauty anywhere it just takes time. People admire beauty because it's a nice thing to do but they also envy it because they might not be what people consider beautiful. The pursuit of beauty brings us pleasure because it's such a big deal when your considered beautiful. We strive to be able to walk down the halls and have someone call us beautiful because it doesn't happen often. The pursuit of beauty also brings us pain because we just my not be considered beautiful. It brings people pain because of the word ugly. No one ever wants to be called ugly but with today's society, you hear that word much more than you hear beautiful. Do I think I am beautiful? Actually, I think I am but not because of my looks. I think I am because of my personality and my attitude. My attitude to care for others before I care for myself. Always making sure my friends are okay and letting them know I am always there for them and actually mean it makes me beautiful. Being able to play around and make fun of people without them taking it seriously and being such a nice and sweet person makes me beautiful. Being able to put my foot down when the time comes also makes me beautiful. All of my qualities I have within myself makes me think I am beautiful. I measure beauty from within and not what's on the outside. I would measure beauty by the kindness of someone's heart and his or her thoughtfulness. Honestly, one of my best friends is the most beautiful person I know and that's Lainey Day. She literally fits the whole criteria of beauty. She's not just beautiful on the outside but she's beautiful on the inside too. She's the nicest, sweetest, and most intelligent person I know. She's someone who brightens up my day when I'm sad or angry just with a smile. She's beautiful because of the way she treats people and the way she handles every situation. You can talk to her about anything and she will give you the best advice possible. She's such a strong person who doesn't let anything get in her way and knows when to put her foot down. Getting to know her these past years showed me how amazing she is not only as a friend but also as my sister.
ReplyDelete“A combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially, the sight.” That definition that I found off Google is different than my definition or my view of beauty. Just like the way my definition is probably different than Sally’s or John’s. I may believe sunsets are the most beautiful thing in the world, while Sally could believe marshmallows are the most beautiful things in the world. My definition of beauty is something/someone/anything that can take my breath away-something that makes my heart beat a little faster.
ReplyDeleteAs humans I believe we chase beauty. As in people and things. I chase boys because I find them attractive then realize their personality isn’t as beautiful. I chase sunsets and watch the whole things reminding myself even happy endings are beautiful. I chase my little brother around the house-playing hide and go seek because I think his childhood and watching him grow up is just so beautiful. As humans I believe we also worship some beauty, and only sometimes. I worship beautiful boys, and beautiful sunsets, and my beautiful house, my beautiful friends, and beautiful brother and sister. I don’t always though because I usually take this beautiful life for granted- but the time I do take to worship beauty, I don’t regret it.
Beautiful people are 100% treated differently than those we consider less so. For instance, on twitter, I can bring up any “roast” or “competition” between two people or two celebrities. “Who wore it better?” or “She’s my choice because she’s better looking.” Being beautiful isn’t all that matters, feeling beautiful is the key. I strongly believe that just having others find someone attractive isn’t as great if their personality is crappy. And most of those crappy personality people who are attractive, are extremely insecure and don’t feel as beautiful as they look.
Do I see myself beautiful? Yes. Some days I do look at myself and find myself presentable, other days I wonder if I just crawled out from under the boardwalk. I feel beautiful most of the time though. When I wake up and put myself in a good mood for the day and drop my attitude I tend to have sometimes, I feel so beautiful. Bunje used to always teach me that when you feel beautiful, you look beautiful. So when I feel good vibes and happiness and walk around with a smile, I look so much better, as for everyone else.
When it comes to the most beautiful person I know I would have to go with Dominique. I am not just saying that because she just beat cancer or because she’s just my best friend, I am saying that because Dominique truly is the most beautiful person inside AND out. Dom has natural beauty to the point where she can just wake up and go- damn it, she is bald and still looks like a super model. But Dominique also has a huge heart and puts everyone before herself and I think that makes her even more attracting and someone I will always adore.
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ReplyDeleteBeauty. Beauty is a wonderful thing. Subconsciously we look for beauty in everything. It is in our human nature to look at something that is appealing to our eyes or ears. It sounds kind of horrible, but humans do not really like anything that is not appealing to our sight or mind. If something is, what we call “ugly,” it is not appealing to our eyes, ears, or mind. It is something we do not want to see or talk to or listen to. For example, music. I personally am not a fan of rap music. I do not like to sit and listen to a bunch of people yelling and cursing random words. That sounds ugly to me. Bad songs do not apply to our preference, therefore we take no pleasure in it or see the beauty in it. Now songs with pretty melodies and instruments are usually considered more beautiful. It is light and the sound pleases our ears. There really is no real definition of beauty. Everyone has their own styles and own things that appeal to them. And many people have things that do not appeal to them which are considered ugly. In my mind, true beauty is something I cannot take my eyes off of. True beauty is something that makes me happy and gives me chills. True beauty is not a mirage, we humans just all have a different definition of what beauty is. In society beauty and ugliness are displayed everywhere. People put others down because of what they think is beautiful. Society is pretty messed up if you ask me. We all have different views and opinions so why is one’s looks characterized as beauty and one’s look labeled ugly? People who are not viewed as beautiful in today's society are certainly treated different. An actor could get a role in a movie or play because they are more appealing to look at then someone else who did the part just as good but does not reach the requirements of what society thinks beauty is. Personally, I will admit that yeah I find people I feel are more attractive than someone else. But that is me. That is my viewpoint. If we all looked the same and no one saw beauty in their own ways than no one would want to be with a specific person. Love would be different. Life would be different. Human beings have to see each other in those ways to keep love going. However, people are not defined as beautiful only by their looks. The ways they think, what they do, their morals, their goals, their actions. People can be just genuinely beautiful without their looks which is something people tend to overlook. Most people think of beauty as appearances but it can also be just the person itself. Honestly, I do not see myself as beautiful. That sounds kind of sad to say, but that is how I feel. No I do not think I am ugly, or unappealing. I think I am kind of pretty, but I do not think I am anywhere near beautiful and I don’t know if I ever will. The most beautiful person in my life; there is no one person. There are people. The most beautiful people in my life are my bestfriends. They are beautiful inside and out. They are amazing people with amazing minds and to me are the representation of true beauty. They shape who I am and are beautiful in every way.
Nowadays, the term “beauty” seems to only be associated with the attractiveness of a person’s or thing’s physical appearance. The media is constantly using the idea of “beauty” to show us what we should aspire to be. They claim that we must look a certain way to be considered beautiful. But that’s not “true beauty.” Beauty is something that cannot be fully defined through the senses. That is because different objects are observed in different ways by different people. In life, many things are beautiful: “That girl is so beautiful,” “The sky is beautiful today,” “What a beautiful
ReplyDelete_________.” However, beauty is not just external, it’s also internal. People can be beautiful inside and/or out; physical attributes, aesthetics, attitudes, personalities, kindness, selflessness, love; all these can be beautiful, simply because they please the senses or mind of an individual.
Beauty is like a gift that everyone wants. I mean the physical beauty of someone. People want pretty eyes, nice hair, pretty face, great figure, muscles, nice clothes, etc. Everyone is enthralled with the idea of trying to capture “beauty” when, in fact, they are beautiful. They just don't realize it because they base it off of the media’s perspective on beauty. And because of the media’s claim on beauty, I witness people bashing others on their appearance because they don’t fit the media’s standards of beauty. The term people so often use is “ugly.” “Ugly” is an ugly word. People hate when they are called that, but then are okay call others that. But they’re just jealous haterzzzz!! Everyone should embracing and worship their beauty. It shows the confidence we have upon our selves and that we don't give a f*** of what others think.
You can’t measure beauty because everyone is different and special in their own way. I am beautiful. You are beautiful. And you and you and you etc. Everyone is beautiful. But the most beautiful “people” I know is God, Jesus and my parents. God may not be a ‘person’, but I mean no one knows that. These people gave me the life I have today. Correction, the BEAUTIFUL life I have today. Not just mine, also other people’s in the world. (Of course your parents, not mine)
Beauty, to me, is not what is seen on the outside, it's the personality and traits a person comes with. When a person is seen as good-looking it is not beauty, he/she might be pretty or handsome, but that is it. Beauty comes with a person that cares, never bothers, and is focused. Beauty can come through any person. It comes in different forms within each person. And to state something that everyone gets confused with: being beautiful does not mean you have beauty. True beauty is seen through the inner parts of a person.
ReplyDeleteHumans may attract each other through looks, but beauty attracts mates with actions done to show the other person they care. When you have a person with beauty do not ever let them go. There aren't many of them left. People who go out of their way to help others, who enjoy doing it, and do it repeatedly have beauty. They truly are beautiful. You can be the ugliest person in the world and still have beauty. I would rather be in a relationship with someone who people see as ugly but has beauty rather than someone who is a model but does not have my definition of beauty. Beauty means more to me than looks. Most people in Lang will agree but not any others. They are ignorant to the true meaning of beauty.
humans define beauty as good looks. Humans try to capture beauty because they think it's power. They believe with their type of beauty they can have anyone. And with that certain anyone, they'll coincidentally have money. And with money they'll be happy and will be able to get everything they want. Except a person with true beauty. Without true beauty you will not be able to fall in love. So no true beauty equal no true love.
Beauty is interpreted by everyone and therefore can not have a true definition. With that said, beauty varies in meanings. True love can only be found through inner beauty. The action one does to show they care, love and want to be with another person shows inner beauty. Not only that but also intelligence, passion and determination shows inner beauty. Humans envy others inner beauty because they do not have it, they do not do the polite things people with real beauty do. They get jealous of the outcomes that someone with beauty gets (meaning beauty gets better outcomes).
I cannot tell if I am beautiful (I mean I think I am), but I cannot judge myself. I do not see the things I do as a hassle or I'm doing it for a reason that will benefit me. I do them because I think it's right. You measure beauty through a number of good deeds one has done without wanting anything in return. The most beautiful person I know is Sierra. No matter how many times I screw up she always seems to forgive me. She does little things that she thinks go unnoticed but mean so much to me. These little things like "tell me when your home", so she knows I'm safe & preparing me for events & giving me talks before a game. It's these little nice deeds she does that makes her beautiful. I love everything she does for me, she truly has beauty.
Beauty is not only skin deep. A person’s looks may not compare to their personality, but even what’s on the inside is beautiful. Beauty can pertain to both external and internal appearances. People and things are filled with beauty when they hold a special meaning for others. When you feel so much for someone or something, they give you a purpose in life, and it is because of that purpose, that they are beautiful. They are beautiful because of their internal attractiveness and their importance to you. Anyone can pay to become beautiful on the outside, but no one can pay to fix the way they are as a human being. Looks go away, but personality stays. And even inanimate objects that are seen as trash for others can mean the world to you because of your connection with it. External appearances do have a significant part with drawing people in, but it’s what’s in the inside that captures them.
ReplyDeleteTrue beauty, at least to me, consists of a true personality and even truer intentions (at least most of the time). Personality is important because a person’s characteristic presents a better sense of them, compared to judging them through a quick glance at their outward appearance. Intentions are an even bigger part in estimating true beauty. A person with good intentions only hopes for the best in most people and never means to deliberately hurt anyone. And a genuinely good person is truly beautiful.
It’s easy to understand that we, like animals, do keep up with our appearance in order to attract “mates.” It’s really not that hard to believe. We dress up because we want to look appealing. Sometimes for ourselves, and, sadly, most of the time for others. But like I said before, sure, our looks may attract the love of our lives but when you’re eighty-years-old and all wrinkly, the only thing keeping you and your partner together is the personal connection you have through your personality and character.
Chasing beauty is probably one of the things that society does on a daily basis without even realizing. We worship the idea of beauty and perfection so much that we do everything in our power to keep up with latest trends and listen to crazy diet tips. Girls go out and buy expensive clothes and even more expensive makeup. Boys try new hairstyles and go to the gym to get buff. All for the sake of beauty. At least, the type of beauty that won’t matter when we’re elderly people living in retirement homes. We focus a great amount of our time on how we look now that we don’t realize that so much work can be done while we’re staring into mirrors. We could be fixing and improving our souls and grow our characters, but instead, we’re trying on several outfits before going back to the first one. But maybe that’s just the way society is and will always be like. From hundreds of years ago to now, beautiful is always what people strived to be. Maybe it’s because we treat those who are beautiful on the outside better than those who are beautiful on the inside. We judge people by our first impressions of them. And one hundred percent of the time our first impression involves of how they look. If someone’s attractive they’re well off and perfectly held together. If someone’s unattractive they’re struggling and probably has a problem. We judge by clothes and race and weight and everything in between because it’s easy to. It’s easy to make up inferences about someone on their beauty and hard to admit that you’re wrong. Beautiful people are treated better than those considered less so because it’s easy to judge on what you see rather than what you know; and mostly all the time, what you know is nothing.
I think beauty brings us pain because we know that all the hours spent pampering is going to be worthless within a few decades. We know that we shouldn’t care so much about what we look like and how others see us, but we can’t. And although the dull pain is still there every time we fix our looks, it is masked by the pleasure we receive with compliments. For girls, looking pretty boosts our confidence but drains our bank accounts. For guys, being handsome gets the girls but dims the idea of them being intelligent. Pleasure and pain. The pleasure of confidence, the pain of being broke. The pleasure of playing the field, the pain of being seen as dumb.
DeleteNow the ultimate question; do I see myself as beautiful? Yes. Yes, I do. On good days I’ll admire the way I look, but on bad days I’ll undermine myself terribly. But always, I see the beauty in my personality. I’m beautiful because of the way I act and my little quirks and my determination and my ambition and my dreams and everything else that makes me, me. Everyone is beautiful and only they have to know it. Others may not see me as beautiful and I may not see others as beautiful, but it doesn’t matter who sees whom. It only matters that you see you. You are beautiful because you are you. Corny, I know. In the end, beauty is not only skin deep, because if it were then everyone would be ugly.
I cannot speak on behalf of everyone else, however, I can voice my own opinion on beauty. So, here I go.
ReplyDeleteTo me, nature is beautiful, well besides the parts that have already been ruined by humans. Anyway, I could sit on a private beach, on an island, out in the ocean, or wander through any type of nature for hours. Wandering through these places, or even admiring the sciency aspects of them makes me happy. They force me to forget about my life for once, and it also forces me to leave all of my stress behind. However, once it gets dark, I have to pack up my ish and go until the sun rises again, because I’m afraid of the dark. I also, recently watched the movie “The Forest”, and ever since then I refuse to walk my dogs in my backyard alone. I DO NOT play that! I DO NOT have time for all that evil spirit, steal my soul, whispering my name from a distance, nonsense. Anyway, I honestly wish I could explore nature more, because I think if I did, I would be much happier and less stressed in life.
DeleteNow I will shift gears, and talk about how I determine whether or not an actual person is beautiful.
Okay, so, there are two main factors in determining whether someone is beautiful; the person’s physical appearance and their personality. Physical appearance and Personality are like Peanut Butter and Jelly, they complement each other. I have a scale that ranges from 1 to 10 and I also include a little math. Not really, but we are going to act like it is math. It actually might help if I give an example.
Example 1:
There is this fine young man! He’s a Jawn! Body on a Bean! Perfect Height! Athlete! He’s even musically talented! That is a solid 10 right there, as far as appearance goes. However, he is a complete asshole, he is disrespectful towards girls, and very cocky. So that solid 10, gets bumped down to a 5 in my book. I don’t care how beautiful you are, if your personality sucks @$$, then you are no longer beautiful in my eyes.
This also goes for girls! If you are a snobby b****, then you already have a low rating in my book. Also, if you are a little snobby something, please stay clear of me, because I will either curse you out, make you question your existence on this earth, or have you in tears.
Example 2:
There is this boy. He’s not that good looking, He doesn’t dress to a “T” (I think that is how you say it), He’s not the best on his team, but his personality is A1. He is very sweet, funny, and is just an overall AMAZING person. His rating goes from like a 6-7 to a 9. This also applies to girls.
I use physical appearance and personality, especially personality, as a way to determine whether or not a person is beautiful. I think it is pretty effective. Maybe not. I don’t know.
Today, there are many people who have never even considered looking into someone’s personality. They see the person for what they are on the outside and instantly turn them down. I blame the media. The media...well people who control the media, make it so difficult for the average person to feel like they are truly “beautiful”. They have models, who look flawless in every way shape and form, and then encourage people to look just like them. Every five seconds, I see an advertisement, billboards, or commercial about beauty products. The media advertises these fake ass models, and then beauty companies advertise their bs products to make you look like the flawless fake ass models, and then people like us, go out and buy the stuff, with the mindset that we will look exactly like the “beautiful” models that are plastered all around us. Men and women face this problem, especially women. Women will go to the extreme to look “beautiful”. They will undergo face lifts, breast and butt enlargments/reductions, botox, etc. just to be called “beautiful”. It is a damn shame. So not only is the person competing with the models advertised in the magazines, televisions, newspapers, or whatever, they are also being scrutinized by the rest of society for not being “beautiful”.
I am not drop dead gorgeous but I am also not ugly. People’s first impression of me is some “snobby black girl who thinks she is better than everyone”, but that is not the case at all. I am down to earth, outgoing, I can dress my ass off, if I feel like it, I’m funny, smart, and the list goes on, and people learn that once they get to know me. My looks may not be all that great, which is fine, but all of the things I listed above are what make me a “beautiful” person.
For me, true beauty is when someone is beautiful on the outside and on the inside. They are an amicable person who's so kind and considerate, while they could also be a model if they wanted.
ReplyDeletePeople care about looking attractive to the opposite sex (or same sex) because appearance is everything. People think that guys with abs look great and some will only date guys with abs. This means that if a guy wants a shot with multiple girls, he will get abs. The same goes for girl with butts and body figures. We are socially wrapped up in beauty. This is because we are exposed to it 24/7. We see it subliminally and intentionally. Americans follow beauty constantly. We look very highly on models and actors because they are pretty. And if they aren't beautiful anymore, we couldn't care less about them. Has anyone ever noticed how successful movie stars or actors are almost always appealing in our eyes? We watch their movies not only because they are good at their jobs but also because they are hot.
Beautiful people are treated differently than other people. This can be seen anywhere especially in teenagers. I've noticed that every year when I go on a cruise ship and I'm with other kids my age the same thing occurs year after year. There is always a girl who the guys find attractive. It doesn't matter if she's mean, or spoiled, or simplistic. The guys will befriend her, which happens to be easy because no one knows each other yet. Then shortly after, girls will approach her and they will soon become friends.
I believe that this cycle continuously remains because (not including gay people) girls like guys and guys like girls. Girls also like to be around girls who guys like. The reason being that all of the guys can't all date one girl so they will most likely date her friends.
Everyone strives to be their definition of true beauty whether that may be outward or inward beauty. Not all of us can reach our definition of true beauty which brings us disappointment. We can't achieve what the world believes is the most important thing ever. But those of us who do achieve their definition, gain immense pleasure. They set their mind on what beauty was and surpassed.
No, I don't consider myself beautiful. When I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, my first thought is "who is this beast?" Then I quickly realize it's me. That's a lie but I can't judge myself on how "beautiful" I am because I'm used to myself. I look at my reflection everyday and I have for my whole life. I can't truly judge something that I'm used to.
The most beautiful person I know was at my old school. She's one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. She's one of those people that are pretty but have no idea that they are. (A solid 9 when she doesn't try.) She was a great person to look up to. She was great at sports, super smart, and musically talented and the most humble person I have ever met.
Sometimes when I look in the mirror I’m like “Okay I look nice, I look pretty” but I’ve never called myself beautiful. I guess I’ve only reserved those words for people like Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, and Beyoncé. I don’t think I’m ugly though. But I wished I could change some of my features. I wished my face was a bit smaller, I wish my nose was thinner, I wish my eyes were a bit bigger, I wish I could change a lot of things about me. I don’t think I’m ugly. But I want to be considered beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe thing about beauty is that there’s no rules or guidelines. It’s just what society tells us it is. In the 60’s, model Lesley Lawson aka Twiggy became known for her extremely skinny and lanky body and soon every girl wanted to be that skinny. Fast forward now, the ideal look is someone like Beyoncé. She has a nice hour-glass figure, a tone stomach, and amazing facial features. I don’t know how it works but one-day society just decides that a certain feature is beautiful. It’s just like when thick eyebrows became the new thing and all of a sudden girls wanted that look. I don’t consider myself beautiful because my features are not the ones that society says are beautiful. Again I don’t think I’m ugly. Just not beautiful.
I think the reason why people try so hard to be beautiful is that so they can feel accepted. I’ve read somewhere that attractive people have more advantages than less attractive people. When you meet people for the first time, the first thing they see is your appearance. It’s considered that attractive people seem more welcoming than less attractive people. It makes sense why they would want that. Who doesn’t want to feel accepted? That’s why people feel jealous of attractive people. They want to feel accepted like how attractive people are.
Society has definitely changed a lot. I feel like more and more people are ignoring what society says and believe that everyone is beautiful. I mean before the fashion industry had little to no clothing for plus size people. Now there are tons of clothing lines more plus size people. Not as much as there should be but it’s a start. The media is beginning to represent different looks so it’s not just the same look over and over again. Society is taking baby steps to see that everyone is beautiful.
True beauty is digging deeper than just looks and first attractions. It is noticing everything within that person or object. To be able to look at it with admiration and never want to stop looking at it. True beauty is to not need something to cover you up or hide your true features for others to stop dead in their tracks and notice you. Referring to people I would say true beauty is natural. It is the way you were put on this earth. The original you. Nowadays people do whatever possible to make themselves to what society defines as beautiful. From ridiculous surgeries, hair extensions, loads of make-up. We can’t blame anybody but ourselves. We make it as though a slim waist, long hair, a nice ass etc. is what beauty actually is. I don’t believe one person leaves the house without questioning if they look good enough, or being self- conscious of their appearance. Honestly, everyone should love their self for who they are despite the standards they feel like they are forced to meet. To me, everyone is beautiful in their own way, no matter their appearance and simply how they look.
ReplyDeleteIf you notice beauty comes with both pain and pleasure. When someone is beautiful they are held to a higher standard and level than someone with less of their traits. “Beautiful people” are almost always looked at differently, are more popular, and just welcomed by society easier. When someone is attractive it is like that is all that matters or what people see.They could be the most heartless dumbest person in the world and still be liked very much because of how they look.
To be honest, I do consider myself beautiful. I do love myself for who I am and except every flaw I carry even though I wish didn’t exist. I am however self- conscious about some parts of myself and become insecure when people bring them up, but that is just something I will have to live with. I am a person that doesn’t ever wear make-up on a daily and do things to change my outer or inner beauty. I am glad to admit that I can be myself and still earn compliments from others. In fact, everyone should learn to love their self, no matter what there will be people who will always judge you or think bad of you.
All throughout history humans have been trying to capture and chase their ideal of beauty. From Greek sculptures of the human body to renaissance paintings of plump ladies to photo shoots of leggy models, every generation has developed their own taste in beauty and has recorded it for the rest of the world and future generations to see. Sure, many of these ideal traits are related to economic status, but it is the beauty within the traits that captures the hearts of people. Beauty is a positive feeling. Everybody has their own likes and dislikes, hence the cliche, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, but it’s true. I really like makeup, which I talk about or a whole paragraph in the last blogpost, so I find other people’s makeup looks and their dramatic winged liner or chiseled cheekbones beautiful. It’s aesthetically pleasing to me, but I also find beauty in how much passion the makeup artist has and how much time they dedicate to honing and perfected their craft. A lot of people don’t understand or see the beauty in makeup or fashion shows/models, but there is so much more going on behind scenes. Makeup isn’t just something superficial, it’s a magic that gives people confidence and makes them happier. Sometimes I feel lazy in the morning, but I’ll still draw on my eyebrows because I always have a better day when I know I look cute as hell. It’s an instant mood brightener. Obviously makeup isn't for everyone and that’s okay but people shouldn’t bash it. Other people love sports and the nature because it makes them happy and they see something in those that I don’t because I don’t really like those things. It’s doesn’t make me happy, but I’m not going to bash on them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful people are treated differently because they are easy on the eyes, which makes more tolerable if not more likeable. It’s like eating cupcakes. If I see an ugly, questionable cupcake on the table, I’m not going to even bother touching it because it doesn’t look good. If I see an ugly cupcake from Sprinkles Cupcakes, I know it’s going to be good despite looking bad and I’ll eat it. If I see a pretty cupcake, but when I take a bite and it tastes terrible, I might not finish it but I’ll have a decent opinion about it because how how pretty it was. That’s a terrible analogy but I tried.
The definition of beauty is something that pleases the senses, especially sight but I believe that true beauty is something very different. True beauty is more than your aesthetic and looks. It is the way you carry yourself, it is having a balance of confidence and humbleness, and mostly it is your personality. I honestly believe that someone that is truly beautiful does everything they can to protect other people whether they deserve it or not. People usually tend to chase and worship the medias standard for beauty, but not many people can genuinely say that they strive to be a better person as much as they strive to be a more aesthetically attractive person. People that are beautiful in the sense of looks usually are treated better than those that are less so. I believe that people usually hold more attractive people to a higher standard of social skills because let’s be honest their confidence or sometimes cockiness allows them to be more social. These double standards are another reason why people usually chase beauty.
ReplyDeleteDo I consider myself beautiful? I’m sure if you asked me this question a few months ago I probably would have laughed at the thought of ever seeing myself as beautiful, but now I realize beauty is so much more than what the media thinks or wants you to think. I am beautiful because I’m selfless, and finally for the first time in a very long time I’m confident not only in my appearance but also in what kind of person I am and want to be. I don’t think that beauty can be measured, you either are or aren’t beautiful. I would like to say that everything and everyone is beautiful but there are so many things that I have experienced and seen that are not beautiful and should never be made out as beautiful. I try to surround myself with amazing and truly beautiful people so naturally my two best friends are the most beautiful people I know. The two of them are selfless, caring, and many other qualities that give them their beautiful personalities that I love.
True beauty is not easily obtained. It isn’t even just about how a person looks, although that makes up a good portion of it. In my eyes, beautiful people have appealing facial and body features. Beauty needs to have a nice and clean look to it. But beauty is also what is under those good looks. Their personality and actions. Beautiful people are outgoing, happy, and never show signs of fatigue. Having a positive attitude towards everything is key. They often bring the life to the party. They can be funny and down to earth. Beautiful people should be there for you when you need them.
ReplyDeleteSince people view beauty as this amazing thing that it is, they obviously admire it. People love to be in the company of beautiful people, and because of that, people envy beautiful people. Everyone wants to improve themselves and be that perfect person, and being beautiful brings you one step closer. The only thing that people want more than being with a beautiful person, is being a beautiful person. Beauty is viewed as such an amazing thing that people will do horrible things to obtain it. People are willing to change themselves from who they are, just to be considered beautiful.
Being able to call yourself beautiful or being called beautiful is one of the best feelings. Who wouldn’t want to be referred to as beautiful? But it can bring just as much pain and pleasure. If you try to make yourself beautiful, than you probably are doing things that make you different from who you really are. You should always be yourself, no matter what.
To be honest, on the outside I really don’t try to be beautiful. However on the inside, I try my best to live up to my standards, and to me that’s all that really matters to me. I rarely try to impress random people. As for measuring beauty, I personally use a 1-10 scale. I really don’t know how to measure beauty, but it is not a definite scale. There are so many different factors. I guess the best way is using a point of reference.
I really have no clue who the most beautiful person is that I know. I also don’t know too many people that well. I would really like to be able to call someone I know very well beautiful one day.
To google, beauty is " a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight." But to me, beauty is so much more. Beauty is you as a person. Your knowledge, your kindness, your heart and lovingness, your passions, your dreams, your soul. We see someone and go "oh theyre cute" or "oh theyre pretty" but why?!?!?! What defines "cute" what defines "pretty" like what do we look at to make us say that? Like whats a "pretty smile" straight teeth? You can have crooked teeth or no teeth at all and have a beautiful smile! A genuine happy smile is a pretty smile. The way we grew up, we were taught whats pretty and whats not. As we grow up we see on tv that certain characteristics are beautiful. We watch things like Ms America or the Victoria Secret fashion shows and all the tweets you see are like "there goes my self esteem" ect. Like... Why are they considered beautiful? I mean yeah they are, but just because they are super thin? But even NOW girls that are skinny are ugly? You can never win! They want you to be skinny, but wait nobody likes "skin and bones", they want you to be thick, but waittt not too thick ya know? Like what the hell! Then they just want skinny with a big ass and boobs like what!!!!!!! I recently saw a Twitter post that said "pure beauty" and it was a female with a very skinny waste and a very large butt. Why on earth is that "pure beauty" whats she like? Is she nice? Does she have dreams and goals and ambitions? Is she kind hearted? Who knows! But that ass doe!! So shes gotta be beautiful. Every body is different. Every body is beautiful!! Even with guys.. Girls are like "if you arent over six feet dont talk to me" LIKE WHAT THE HELL?? guys get insecure too.. All you see advertised everywhere are tall guys with abs. People envy others because of this. I try to tell myself im hot shit and stuff but honestly i always catch my self saying "oh i wish i had blahblah" it's hard to appreciate your own beauty when you see certain people being praised and you don't look like that. Do I see myself as beautiful? I try to, I really do, but I just can't. Not just on appearance but inside. Theres so many things I would like to change but its hard to. The most beautiful person I know is Juwan Wilcox. This guy has such a kind and caring heart (well to me). Hes so intelligent. He reads a lot. And he is so passionate about music. He has dreams, he works so hard everyday, he has goals and ambitions. Not to mention he does everything in his will power to make me happy and to make me feel good about myself. He doesn't judge my super freaking weird self, he doesn't think I'm gross when I burp, he doesn't think my super annoying weird laugh is bad, he doesn't think I should change anything about my body or the way that I am as a person. He puts me first. The things this boy would do just to put a smile on my face. I am so grateful I have Juwan. He is SUCH a beautiful person inside and out. The most beautiful I know.
ReplyDeleteI’ll start with my own opinion on “true beauty”. I notice that “beautiful” people, or people that are physically attractive in some way, are beautiful to me because they are confident. It is one thing to have beautiful hair and another to wear it down, put it in a braid, and show it off. To summarize, beauty is confidence. To answer the question of whether we strive to be beautiful “to attract mates”, depends on age and personality. As a young girl, I would wear dresses, put on fashion shows to feel pretty, and “play pretend” to be just like a model on a runway. It was more of a game to my friends and I. Nowadays, if I choose to look nice, I do it for myself. I like braiding my hair in the morning and coordinating my clothes so it matches. I don’t wear dresses often, but when I do, I like it because it is different from what I wear everyday and wearing something that is considered “formal” makes me feel special. Maybe sometime in my married life, I’ll wear something because my husband wants me to so that he’s happy.
ReplyDeleteThe majority of people in our American culture yearn for perfection. I catch other girls examining their faces in the bathroom mirror with concerned expressions on their faces. Even I do it sometimes! It is weird how something so miniscule as a blemish on someone’s skin can cause them so much stress and anxiety. It all relates back to “beauty” and being perfect. Girls in our age group notice the little things in life. We notice that the pretty models in catalogs have perfectly smooth skin and because they have all these “beautiful” physical attributes, they get to be famous, model, etc. Although some may deny it, we have all “looked up to” a famous person at one time or another. Their picture perfect presentation sends the message: “If our idols look perfect, why shouldn’t we be?”
“Being” beautiful is a difficult task because beauty is different to all people. Some people could look at the physical side of beauty, while others would consider beauty characteristically. The old saying: “She is beautiful inside and out” holds value when dealing with this topic. Beauty can be viewed with both admiration and envy because more often than not, it cannot be controlled. Unless a person would undergo plastic surgery, their physical features cannot change and unless the person makes a decision to change “who they are”, their personality will remain the same. We girls know the saying “Pain is gain”. We could all prove it to be true. Try shaving without cutting yourself, plucking your eyebrows without your eyes watering profusely, oh yeah...giving birth!!! We do this because society says that if we don’t, we aren’t beautiful. Now let’s look at beauty from a guy’s perspective. With the exception of “Dad Bods”, guys are considered good-looking if they are strong and have visible muscles. In most cases, the guys who are sculpted workout at the gym or participate in a sport. As a former gymnast and current athlete, I can confirm that building muscle takes time and a lot of training. Muscles can’t become muscles without exercise and exercising isn’t exercising without pain.
I do consider myself beautiful. Of course there are the days when I feel like crap, am not wearing makeup, and have my hair in a messy bun to hide it’s impurities, but on the other days, I am grateful for being who I am. I love my soft, blonde hair, the color of my eyes, my freckles, my lack of height, my bubbliness. I don’t measure my beauty and I don’t think that question can even be answered. There are certain things you can measure, like height, distance, colors, and even love! But beauty cannot scientifically be measured because it is a matter of opinion. The most beautiful person I know would have to be...Lainey Day. Lainey really is beautiful “inside and out”. She is confident, always wears cute clothes, and is naturally pretty. I’m not even too close to Lainey and I still know that she can make your day so much better just by being around. Add all of these awesome qualities together and the result is: beauty.
ReplyDeleteWhen something to me is beautiful it captivates my eyes. It makes me want to look at it over and over again and it will distract me from other things. Just because I think something is beautiful doesn't mean everyone else feels the same way. Something that's beautiful to me could be the most ugly thing to someone else. The definition of Beauty is so versatile because beauty to everyone means something different. Beauty is an opinion you have about something. Whether it's appealing to your eye or not , and since everyone has different taste and styles people all find beauty in different things.
Is there even a such thing as "true beauty" anymore? I feel as though for people now a days only think beautiful is if you have that straight hair, pretty colored eyes, and slim thick". We always see on magazines covers and on TV of famous celebrities who have perfect bodies and are the true definition of beauty and young girls strive to be like them. But beauty doesn't always have to fit what the celebrities look like or what's the new trending look. When I see true beauty is when I see someone who is confident with themselves and isn't trying to change who they look like to be "cool" or in style. True beauty is being happy with yourself and knowing that you're beautiful just the way God made you.
I think that humans try to reach a new level of beauty to try and impress the opposite sex. Just think , some girls spend hours sitting in front of a mirror putting on foundation, concealer, blush, eyeliner , mascara, just to enhance their natural beauty and probably to impress a certain someone. Now don't get me wrong , not all people who wear makeup do it to impress people, but the majority of people who do wear it want to look more beautiful for other people. Boys are also guilty of this too. Some boys spend hours in the mirror adding the perfect amount of hair gel to the hair to get the perfect look they desire and I guarantee you most of them do it to look fly for the ladies! If beauty wasn't the key role in getting a sole mate, I don't think people would even try to look nice in morning because they would have no intention to. The sad truth is, the more beautiful you look the more attention you will receive.
Of course some people chase Beauty. What I mean by that is people strive so hard to get the cutest clothes, most expensive makeup, and basically try and be someone they are not. For example, girls can get breast implants if they are not happy with their original size and to them bigger breast means that you are more beautiful. Also , girls wear hair extensions or weaves all to try to be "beautiful" . But it's also sad because that's not really who they are. People try so hard to find beauty when true beauty is really just their natural selves.
DeletePeople like Beyoncé, Rihanna, And Megan Fox are worshiped over their good looks and people want to be them. People love looking at things that are pleasant to the eye, and I think that's called eye candy. People who are more attractive do get treated better. If you are attractive you have a better chance of more people wanting to be friends with you or chill with you. If you were in a room with two people and had to become friends with one of them, would you pick the girl with glasses , braces , and high watered jeans. Or would you chose the girl with a pretty face and who can dress pretty well. You'll probably go try and make friends with the more socially acceptable one.
"Beauty is pain" and that's a fact! People go through so much pain just to achieve a more prettier look. For example, girls and sometimes boys get their eyebrow hairs waxed just to have eyebrows that are on "fleek". I'm pretty sure if people weren't worried about the image of eyebrows people wouldn't go through the painful process of getting them waxed.
I don't actually consider myself as a beautiful. I wish I could , but I just don't have enough confidence to say I am. Which is why I think my mom is the most beautiful person I know. She doesn't have to wear tons of makeup and try and wear the most expensive clothes. She wears what she wants and styles herself the ways she wants to because she knows she is truly beautiful from the inside out. She is confident enough to not let anyone's opinion shape the way she acts or presents herself as a person. She's classy, sophisticated, intelligent and that is what true beauty is!
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ReplyDeleteWhat makes something beautiful is all based on a persons' opinion. The people and things that I think are beautiful are completely different than what Joe thinks are beautiful. In my mind I think many different things can be considered "true beauty," so I can’t put a description to it. I think that different types of music, people, and animals are considered truly beautiful. I don't believe "true beauty" is something you write, but instead something you see, hear, and feel. We don't fluff our plumage or wiggle our butts to attract mates. Instead we put on make-up, flex, and dress to make ourselves more appealing. We don't necessarily want to attract a mate by doing all of this, we just want to be accepted in society and hopefully impress someone we are attracted to.
ReplyDeleteI believe that we strive to be beautiful. The simplest way to go about being beautiful is to "chase" things that we think are beautiful and mimic them. Then maybe we will be considered beautiful. Without knowing, we worship beauty. When girls put on make-up every day before school, they are worshiping things that people consider beautiful. "Beautiful people" are definitely treated differently than normal folk. For example, if a beautiful woman has a flat tire on the side of the road, I guarantee that someone will stop and assist her with changing her tire. If an ugly male was in the same predicament, he probably won't get the same assistance.
People are so obsessed with trying to be beautiful because we want to be accepted by everyone. We want to be admired or adored, which is why we dress and present ourselves the way that we do. We admire people who are beautiful because they also seem to be popular and liked by everyone, but I honestly don't know why we envy beautiful people. It's not like their lives are any less stressful than our own. Sure they have looks, but they have other stressful things going on in their life. The pursuit of beauty is a pleasure because it always gives us something to strive for. It is also a pain because we know that we won't always be beautiful.
I do consider myself beautiful. I'm comfortable with the way that I look and I'm confident going out in public just being me. High confidence plays a huge part in finding yourself beautiful. For me, my confidence measures my beauty. When I have really high confidence, I'm the best looking guy alive. When my confidence is at its low, I look awful.
As soon as I read this question I pictured the most beautiful girl I know. She popped into my mind without giving it a second thought. When it comes to looks, nobody comes close in comparison to her beauty. In my mind she's what I picture when I think of the "perfect girl" because she has every feature that I could ever want. What sets this girl apart from the rest is that she also has inner beauty and respect for herself. She is kind hearted and cares about other peoples' feelings. This girl doesn't dress in revealing clothing because she respects herself and her body. I admire her for that. Going back to the question about "true beauty," in my opinion, this girl's just that.
Who's the girl Tim? 😲
DeleteBeauty can bring out the worst in people as well as the best within people. It certainly depends on how a person, male or female, expresses their “beauty”. Female are in fact obsessed with being beautiful mostly outside than in, but males also seem to be obsessed with it…looking for it. It all falls back to the old saying “Call a girl beautiful, she remembers it for a day, call a girl ugly, she remembers it for a lifetime.” I feel that, that saying plays a huge role in women’s and men’s outlook on beauty. Beauty today seems to be this hyped-up, fake yet satisfying temptation that all people yearn for young or old. People go to lengths like surgery and covering up who they really are to achieve it, I being one of them. Really why would women go through the trouble of getting up half-hour to an hour earlier in the morning to primp before work or school? For the so called self satisfaction that we all lie to our selves about having, beats me honestly. Society builds everyone’s confidence up one month saying this is the hottest thing just to tear it down a month later saying it is “ugly”, “out-of-style”, “distasteful”, and so forth; if it wasn’t for this roller coaster of emotions and mind play the conception of beauty could be a lot simpler than it is now. Beauty should be organic not artificial or trendy, simply to make a perfect world although we all know that is impossible. So for that reason, it brings me here to this simple yet difficult task, stop caring about the opinion of other people. It is the key to self happiness and happiness is the definition of true beauty. I know I am no super model with flawless skin, perfect weight, knock-out smile yet I’m happy. You know why because I know that I’m not a heartless monster of a person. I have made people happy in the past and attempt to do so all the time and happiness is beauty at its finest. Beauty can only be measured by the amount of happiness one has; I mean look at the last time you called an emotional mess of a being beautiful. You pity them, feel sorry for them and attempt to comfort them by saying it’ll be alright usually am I right? I can’t speak for all people by saying happiness is beauty but I’m sure we all can agree that happiness does bring out the best in all of us one way or another and by doing that what more a scene could one ask for? We all envy beauty and happiness so why not join them together?
ReplyDeleteI usually never procrastinate when doing blogs; I just talk-type my way through them. But, I’ve been in sucha funk lately so I might sound less me or more negative today. Might wanna disregard this one. Why do I think I need intros for these?
ReplyDeleteEveryone and everything have parts, some more than others, that are beautiful. Everyone has different views on beauty and what is beautiful. I think true beauty is genuine and effortless. Places, sounds, smells, people, things, my dog all hold beauty, but true beauty is breathtaking and complete in more parts than not. As for people, the person’s personality and appearance are beautiful, but not in a forced way. Effortless. Everything, the same as beauty, holds ugly parts. But when you consider something to possess true beauty, the ugly is meak compared to the rest.
Watch me do something very “Taylor”. I’m gonna sound wishy-washy like the butthead I am. People do things to attract their preferred sex, yes. But, people do things to attract the other sex too. Girls want to impress other girls ALL the time. (I think boys do the same, just never freaking admit it.) Ok back to the question, I think people are becoming more independent and less relied on finding a partner. So, I think biologically we do do (hehe) some things that innately attract a partner to seem beautiful. But, I also think some actions help with confidence and independence rather than the opposite.
I think as a society we chase beauty in a way to fit in and that is solely because we worship beauty and strive for it. I think yes, different people can view different things as beautiful if they experience and look at things from all its angles. We strived for skinny. Now, it is unhealthy. Thigh gaps seemed to be a big deal? I have one of those, I don’t think I feel more beautiful because of it. Now you want to be “thick”. People are strange. Eyebrows have made a come up. It is constantly changing, yet people are still running after it. I feel like people considered beautiful are definitely treated differently. They get more attention from the opposite sex, they seem more approachable, and their beauty brings hostility from others. People are nuts.
Beauty causes a lot of drama. Everyone wants it, but there’s also the jealousy. The ideas of beautiful will never be everyone no matter skin color, body shape, eyebrows. So, it is constantly changing and pissing people off. It lowers confidence and just becomes a huge battle. It is impossible to celebrate because then you lower someone else. Beauty is difficult.
Beauty is pain, but we sure as hell love feeling beautiful. I guess you got out your way in the morning or in everyday activities a little to feel beautiful because confidence but also insecurity. I wonder if that makes sense.
I don’t think I’m beautiful, but I find parts of me very beautiful. I love my sarcasm. I love my care for others. I love my horse hair.
The most beautiful person I’ve ever met is my dog. Toby Van born in Connecticut on December 12, 2013 is freaking beautiful. He’s a person. He is not only the cutest baddest dog in the block, but his heart is filled with gold. My heart hurts when he cries in the middle of the night because he got lonely or when he does something bad and literally hugs me. I think it is beautiful when he tilts his head when you look at him as if he’s confused.
The world’s fascination with beauty and the obtaining of characteristics that are considered beautiful are laughable to say the least. At first thought beauty can be what is commonly known as the “aesthetic attitude.” We appreciate numerous things purposelessly, simply for enjoyment. It is through our vivid senses that we come to understand what we admire and dislike. Sculptures and art provoke emotions and feelings often by their appearances. While gardens provide tranquility with arousing smells and textures. However senses are not necessary, your imagination has the potential to create an entire world beautiful enough to like.
ReplyDeleteBeauty by definition is anything aesthetically pleasing and yet society’s vigorous rules deny any perception other than the social norm. Therefore what is considered beautiful is restricted and confined to trends from the surrounding culture. Beauty is often distorted, misunderstood and shadowed by a wide amount of conflicting pressures. Now it’s something we all endlessly strive for instead of living in the moment of it. The constant changes and appearances to keep up with in society only add to the pressures of becoming more beautiful and encourage intoxicated thoughts or provoke detrimental actions.
Appearances have become the center of attention when referring to all things beautiful. “Prettiness” is often envied and chased for. We all dream to wake up and look as if we didn’t spend 7 hours getting ready before the break of dawn. Girls especially, are prone to judging because of jealousy. Guys, I’m sure they get jealous, just in different ways. I’m also sure their reactions aren’t as complex as a woman’s can be. It might be better shoes, or clothing that they envy. Few guys admire sunsets, art or flowers, hopefully they find beauty from within and not looks. Nevertheless most guys I would presume would say jealousy is for the insecure, because no one ever wants to admit to something so ugly. Sometimes it’s the things we love, and adore the most that makes us the most envious. Additionally, I hate to say it, people with better looks are often at a better advantage for everything. Being beautiful, is associated with being clean therefore if appearance make the first impression beauty stands out. Beautiful people are given privileges others are not. But looks aren’t all of it, confidence can make someone beautiful too. Beautiful people are considered friendlier, not only because of their looks but because in the way they carry themselves.
Beauty is happiness.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if in my happiest moments I fit the standards of being beautiful. Was my hair perfectly set? Did my skin radiate? Was my makeup evenly applied? Regardless, it didn’t matter, I was happy and that’s what makes it beautiful. Most search for beauty in appearance because that’s all we’ve known beauty to be. A rate on someone’s looks. It’s easy to pay to look beautiful, the real challenge is to find it within. Beauty is in the heart, it radiates from every angle, from every square inch from every smile to every frown. True beauty shines for the world to see or for no one at all. It's the wrinkles from every effortless smile and furrowed brow of strength that make a face perfect not the number of surgeries. In addition confidence is the key to everything. Whether it’s faked or real, the effortless way to it is beautiful. Its intimidating nature sets people back to stop and observe.
For years past and for years to come we all reach for things that are always “almost” unattainable. Beauty is not something we are able to bottle up, which only entices the countless struggles to try. Humans are fascinated with trying to break the limits that we’ve come to know. Beauty is found in pain and pleasure. Rainy days and sunny skies are beautiful. We appreciate the sadness every lightning storm holds and enjoys the sun-kissed moments we absorb in daylight. Dark doesn’t always mean drear, it’s beautiful by its own haunting standards. Picasso, Michelangelo, Hemmingway, Poe, the list goes on, all struggled with deep internal wounds, yet we find every one of their disturbing works of art beautiful. Beauty moves something inside us, it brings goose bumps to the surface whether by fright or awe.
If I consider beauty from my definition I think I’m most beautiful when I’m the happiest. Regardless of my appearance it was the beauty inside me, the awing sense surrounding my entire world in those effortless moments that made me feel beautiful. However I cannot judge myself because society does that for you. Many self-opinions are influenced one way or another by our experiences especially the self-loathing comments we constantly persecute ourselves with. Therefore I leave it up to the rest of the world to figure out if they want to accept me by my looks or my actions. One less opinion won’t hurt anyway, it might even help in future cases. I don’t want to make up my mind about who I am, and I won’t just because society thinks its right to know yourself. Sometimes we’re as clueless about ourselves as the next stranger. But with such ambiguity I hope in years to come things become clearer. Am I beautiful? I think so but that’s the last opinion anyone ever considers.
Are you beautiful? OF COURSE YOU ARE (I had to make this a new paragraph, you’ll see why.) In the tragedy of you never being told you were beautiful, Bunje I dedicate this blog to you. You have become the most beautiful person in my life. You light my life with your shining confidence that you say has never come easy to you. And I too hope I can radiate the confidence you present to us every day. You inspire me with every thought and conversation we engage in. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. And take account of your own opinion because people rarely do and it’s a shame. If not, I say your beautiful and I’m apart of society, therefore logically my opinion matters.
True beauty is something that leaves you in awe, something that leaves you dumbfounded, something makes you wonder if it really exists because it is too good to be true. True beauty doesn’t necessarily have to be based on looks. A person can be considered beautiful if he is average or ugly externally but warm-hearted internally. Take Caitlyn Jenner for example. Many may not consider her beautiful externally, but many regard her personality as beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHumans have literally dumped the idea of true beauty in the trash. Humans ruin not just their beauty but also the beauty of Mother Nature. We literally made the Earth into one big dumpster by dumping 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage which is approximately equal to the weight of 6190476 blue whales or 5777778 statues of liberty. That’s a Donald Trump load (get it? shitload) of garbage that is polluting our planet. And what are humans doing about it? Carelessly throwing more trash out. By doing this, we are not just hurting Mother Nature but also ourselves. We are contaminating the rivers and the oceans. We are hurting small wild or stray animals such as turtles, sea lions, and birds.
It is not just nature we are tampering with. Humans are also “refining” their looks with cosmetics and surgeries. Humans have ruined how we see beauty now. Now, beauty means a thin body with pretty eyes, big lips, big breasts, big buttocks etc. We have materialized the idea of beauty. When you search on google “beautiful women”, you come up with celebrities or models with all those aforementioned qualities along with tons of makeup concealing the natural beauty. According to ASAPS (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), top 5 cosmetic surgeries for women in 2014, respectively, are: Liposuction (removal of fat from a part of the body), Breast Augmentation (increase of breast size), Tummy Tuck (removal of excess fat or skin), Eyelid surgery (improves appearance of eyelids), and Breast lift (raising the sagging breasts).
There are two reasons why this materialized beauty is constantly increasing: the demand for more beautifulness from guys and the competition with other girls to see who is more beautiful.
I believe that humans do chase beauty not because for themselves, but for the society. Have you ever seen a celebrity or any respected person go on television without makeup? Probably not. The celebrities shower with the makeup in order to maintain his/her publicity and avoid getting lampooned by the viewers, especially paparazzi. If he/she were to live all alone in a deserted world, he/she probably would not care. Getting beautiful means bettering yourselves in the eyes of the society. Everyone wants to get beautiful. Some try the fast but expensive way to become more beautiful, some try using creams and lotions, and others just let nature do its work. Just like white privilege, beautiful people, knowingly or unknowingly, have an advantage over those not that beautiful. I don’t know about you but to get beautiful, Greeks worshipped Aphrodite, Romans worshipped Venus, Egyptians worshipped Hathor, and Scandinavians worshipped Freyja.
Just to eliminate confusion, I will choose names for the example below.
When Iris admires Barry, she would try to get more beautiful, whether it be by dressing nice or becoming sweet, in order to stand a chance to be Barry’s girlfriend. Envy later stems from this if Barry picks Felicity over Iris because Felicity is much more “beautiful” than Iris. This would cause a competition to see who wins Barry. Iris would try to either become more beautiful or make Felicity less beautiful. The conclusion is that admiration and envy are some of the factors that cause people to chase beauty.
Do I see myself as beautiful? Well, based on the aforementioned definition of true beauty, I do not see myself as beautiful externally because looking at myself does not leave me in awe. Why? Because, first of all, I am used to seeing my body, and, second of all, it would be awkward to be in awe 24/7. I do, however, see myself as beautiful internally. I try to help people whenever I can, I am nice to other people, I care about my friends, my blood-related family, and the 204 family. “But I have to say it’s a little strange to actually get an award for being nice and generous and kind, which we are all supposed to do to one another. That’s the point of being a human,” said Ellen DeGeneres on The People’s Choice Awards 2016. I will be nice even if the other person hates me. That person is a human first and then the hater.
DeleteWho is the most beautiful person I know? Well, that is a tough question. That trophy would have to go to my mother. She is good looking and very nice. Even though she is sometimes hot-headed, she cares about me and my brother so much. She would go to any extent to try to ease my pain and support me. The cutest award would go to my brother. He is so cute and chubby. I always feel like I want to pinch or pull his chubby cheeks (is that something only I do?).
First let me address what true beauty really is. True beauty to me all has to do with personality and character. One who is truly beautiful is kind, elegant, caring, giving and thankful. I believe those who posses the quality of being truly beautiful; (by my definition) often does not even know because someone who is accepting, wise and polite does not boast. The corny saying “beauty lies within” needs not be argued. Those thought to be most beautiful are so due to their inner personality, not their outer appearance. Yet when I say this I forget about what society thinks beauty is. According to the media beauty is all outer. To be beautiful one must look a certain way, wear a certain amount of makeup, have a certain type of hair, be a certain size, all such things are not important in any way shape or form if the person who fits all of those points is a complete and utter horrendous person. But to a society that believes it is okay to not treat someone based upon personality but by appearance those things matter. In the year 2016 if a women looks a certain way and fulfills the expectations of a certain appearance she will be treated much different than a woman who does not. A woman who is thought to be more beautiful than another gets more attention as a result getting more opportunities. Teens experience this the most. Due to the fact high school is no longer about grades for many, it seems to be a popularity contest. That girl went to this party and wore this and this girl went there. Stuff that does not really affect everyone, everyone cares about. Teens worship what each other do. They worship each others beauty, they try to dress like each other, they discuss makeup styles. Chasing beauty is a terrible terrible thing to do and teens do it worst but i don't think it stops once one grows up. I know i chase beauty as do others and I know that I will never grow out of that. Age means nothing when it comes to comparing, our whole lives there will always be someone else to compare ourselves to. So, I will chase beauty my whole life I don't want to but once a person starts it's hard to stop, like a drug. Even after you feel good you will need it again once that feeling runs out and the ongoing cycle will continue because no one is ever satisfied. People will always want to capture beauty to fit in and to make themselves feel accepted. This pursuit everyone is in everyday of their lives striving to capture beauty brings more pain than anything else because in the end nobody's perfect and that is harder to accept than most would think. Knowing the definition of beauty according to the media I do not think I match up even though I will always try to. My definition i match up to a little not fully though. I know i'll never stop trying to be truly beautiful because once I stop trying i will lose the little pieces of of beauty i have. I admire those full of true beauty the kind that lies within, but to pick one person and say I admire them for all their beauty seems almost wrong to me. Everyone needs to be admired in a way, everyone needs to be told they're beautiful because no one is perfect and I know every living breathing person has to have some bit of beauty within.
ReplyDeleteThe definition of beauty is constantly changing. Two hundred years ago the “beautiful” women were the ones with their hairline shaved back, but today the beauty standards have shifted. Now a days people like hair and everyones super into teeth. In fact Im sitting on my couch watching my recording of the bachelor and the first thing I look at on these girls is their teeth then their hair. But if Im being honest I judged their intelligence too, Im not sure if thats something everyone looks for in a person but I think people are ten times more attractive with a brain. To be beautiful you have to be able to leave beautiful marks on the world. People strive to be considered beautiful because beautiful people have an edge in this world. It’s no secret that in most situations if you’re attractive people pay more attention to you. Everyone wants to be beautiful everyone wants to be liked and loved and people see beauty as the road to love. If that guy or that girl finds you attractive they're more likely to talk to you. Beauty ups your chances in finding someone who wants to be with you. When you see someone that strikes you and you find out they're with someone you stalk her, you find any social media she has you go back through her pictures and when she's pretty it makes you feel like you don't have a chance. You want to be her but at the same time you don't like her. Chasing someone who you consider beautiful is a feeling like no other. One moment you can be on top of the world, but as soon as someone else catches their eye everything comes crashing down…and that person is probably more “beautiful” than you and thats the hardest part to deal with. I think I have beautiful moments, once in a while I’ll take a good picture but I am not beautiful all the time. I have stupid moments and take awful pictures too. And maybe that makes me beautiful too but in the standards of society its not. Society doesn't like imperfection and I think there is something wrong with that. I measure beauty through actions. Ive always found people who do what they love and talk passionately so beautiful. I like people who’s eyes light up when they talk about moments that have been special to them. I think people who smile and laugh and joke are beautiful. I think the most beautiful person I know is my grandmother. She's a combination of happy, crazy, faithful, passionate, and genuine. She always has a smile on her face and goes out of her way to put smiles on other people faces. She is driven by her faith to God and her passion for doing good in the world. While I may not be a religious person I admire her dedication to being positive. A women who struggled though the depression and raising three kids on a low budget she truly is inspiring. She is the most beautiful person I know because beauty is a reflection of life, and hers has been beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeauty is not quantifiable, nor does it come in patterns. Everyone interprets it differently, and we hold different opinions on what we like and dislike, so nobody’s beauty is the same as what I think is beauty. My best friend is beautiful when she laughs really hard and she makes goofy faces, and in that moment, she only feels joy. My brother is beautiful when he lies down after a long day and drifts off to sleep quickly. They both are just as peace with that moment in time, and I do not know how else to explain it other than that moment just feels right.
ReplyDeleteSociety’s form of beauty is based on how attractive a person’s features are, which is all relative. Each country rates specific traits more desirable, so there really cannot be a person that everyone would call beautiful. If we talk on a smaller scale, “beautiful” people do gain more opportunities than people who do not possess the traits generally viewed as beautiful. Think about all the romantic comedies you have ever watched. Did any of the female protagonists have short hair ( as in above the shoulders)? The only person I can think of is Demi Moore in Ghost, and that movie was not even released in our lifetimes! (excluding Bunje) If we look even smaller, I could argue this type of bias toward “beautiful” people happens right here in our school. There is a dancer who I believed should have been in the front of more dances in our last concert. She does not fit under the American beauty standards “white with blonde hair and tall”. But gosh darn it, her dancing is no joke. She has the technique, her smile is radiant when she performs, and she loves to dance. There was not one dance where she was in the front for more than a minute. Situations like this are frustrating. Why is society so focused on one set of genes?
Anyone could fit under society’s form of beauty now. There are surgeries for just about anything. There are people out there in the world who will pay for all those surgeries, even if it will hurt their health. I think they are after the benefits of being “beautiful”, like special treatment and compliments. Life is rough, especially if you are not an able-bodied, cis, white, older male. People hold so many biases. It is not difficult to understand why someone would take action to prevent the “beautiful vs. ugly” bias.
If we are talking about physical appearance, I would say I am beautiful. I would say my parents passed down some splendid genes and I like how they took form. If we are talking about my kind of beauty, that’s not an everlasting concept. If beauty was forever, it is not special anymore and therefore is not beauty. I have experienced beautiful moments, and I treasure them deeply.
My type of beauty would not call a person beautiful. It’s more about moments and experiences. I experienced beauty during our last select song at our last winter concert. The song is called Sing Me to Heaven, and select choir sang me to a place I have never been before. All of our hard work culminated in this wonderful song and I was so proud of us for putting all the pieces together to show the world the music we make together. I was/am honored to be a part of something so magical, and it is a moment I will truly never forget.
Beauty is difficult describing into words just as “love”. There is no such thing as “true beauty”, yet most probably already mentioned in their blog that, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. No man or woman is the same, therefore what we see as beautiful is different. I can’t provide a definition, but my best would be to say that if it takes your breath away and leaves you in awe than that my friend is a beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteAnything under the sun can be beautiful, not necessarily a person. I find inner beauty is more scarce than physical. Every female and their mom has had a point in time where they have felt “ugly” or less beautiful than the person next to them. Victoria Secret models are not real models. Society wants all females to look like them, and shame them for not looking that way. But guess fucking what…. no one looks like that in real life!! The day of the runway or whatever, models don’t eat crap so their stomach will stay flat. Models barely eat what they want and exercise not to be healthy, but skinny. Raven from That So Raven even said, “who says thats the only “look”? [points to model in the magazine] You make people feel bad if they don’t look like that. No one looks like that!” and the model goes “I don’t even look like that!”, Raven continues “because in case you haven’t noticed, people come in all shapes and sizes and they’re all beautiful.” That has been the best advice Disney Channel has ever given in the history of Disney Channel. Big corporate magazines and name brands want their models to represent “true beauty”, but like Raven said, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes…. so why do I only see tall, skinny, white girls in magazines? White privilege? Sike i'm playin’ lol. I see a bunch of other races but you get my point. Who the hell knows why we chase after that image or why we treat the ones who look like that better than ones who don’t. Lately, on social media, there have been appreciation shown to girls of other figures and it’s made me happy. With that though, “thick is in”, and now all of a sudden we’re making fun of skinny people? I just don’t get it. Keeping up with the fad these days is too much and too annoying to stick with.
I myself don’t use my body or face to attract a guy, but we all know that one person who stuffs their bra little too much or flexes their muscles more than necessary in order to impress the other sex. I find it unnecessary; I believe if you can make me laugh then you automatically have a high chance of getting cuffed, despite what you look like. I will admit though, I tell people (when we’re on the topic) that looks will attract people, but personality will determine them staying or leaving. In a way, looks are important when finding a bf or gf, but it’s not the main priority. With this being said, that is where insecurities start. The feeling of not being good enough also comes in and thus beginning our reason for writing this blog. I still don’t know why we do that, I guess it comes naturally unfortunately.
I notice myself mostly talking about girls throughout my blog. I forgot to have mentioned the boy population. I’m not a boy so I have no idea what they think about this topic but I’m sure there are many with insecurities about themselves because they don’t look like the Hollister or Calvin Klein models either. I have no proof but I think boys are better at hiding it and since most don’t assume boys are like that. I actually applaud them; they go through their own things without having to draw attention to themselves and stay lowkey with it at the same time keeping their cool.
DeleteI want to say I see myself as beautiful 24/7, but that would be a lie. I find myself confident most of the time but there are days where I feel like shit and don’t feel like putting make up in the morning. Everybody says I look the same with or without makeup, but I don’t give a hoot on what they say, I see the difference.
I don’t know how to close this blog, but I just want to say to my fellow females and males out there to not care about “the look” society wants, thick or thin, you’re beautiful. Ily all, have a great day :-)
This blog is definitely kicking my ass, because I’m not sure what “true beauty” is. I guess to me true beauty is someone who is pure. Pure in a way that they’re genuine, caring, kind-hearted, compassionate. Sure physical appearance is what many deem to be beauty, but is it really? Many people in the world have a physical appearance that is beautiful. But deep down inside they are horrible people, just mean, rude, just plain out assholes. So are they still truly beautiful people? No, in my opinion. I think true beauty is what’s deep within someone, how their soul and mind is what is true beauty. I think people definitely flaunt stuff to attract others and get people’s attention. Whether it’s if they have money, have nice clothes, have good grades, are “popular”, I’m not really sure what else I can say, but people do try to attract mates. Us humans chase love. The first thing I think of when chasing love is when a couple breaks up. But they broke up because of something their significant other did, or anything. And us humans have this trait in us where we will always love someone no matter how badly they did us. And again us humans, we, will try to look at the positives in the negatives. I don’t know (I know I’ve said that already), but I just think us as people chase love. We seek out for affection and happiness in someone else. And we have this burning desire and need to fulfill our searches. It’s like the one blog we had previously, and it’s feeling the sense of belonging and acceptance. I would say maybe 70% of people worship love. The other 30% are the people who can’t see eye for eye, and they can’t see what greatness they have assembled in front of them. I think when referring to the physical appearance of someone’s beauty hat, yes they are treated differently. A woman who is slim, with blonde hair, and blue eyes and huge boobs, if at an interview (with a pervert male) will most likely get the job; rather than a hefty woman full of pimples. Woman and males who are beautiful and handsome get treated in a good way. I would say having a good physical appearance is equivalent to white supremacy. (Okay, maybe that drastic but hopefully you’re catching what I’m throwing.) Beauty brings pain to those who feel ugly. They lose self confidence and that can also bring envy. Envy to the boys and girls everyone like and admire, while they get the cold shoulder. But beauty brings happiness, because you feel confident and that usually leads to being positive with life in general. Sometimes I see myself as beautiful, and then I have my days when I feel ugly. I measure it with both my physical appearance and my soul, how cliche. The most beautiful person I know is my mom. Her soul is one of the beautiful souls I’ve met. She works so hard and cares so much.
ReplyDeleteBeauty is more than just appearance. I define beauty as qualities in a person or thing that pleases our mind or interest. Qualities like personality and expressing happy emotions show beauty. When one having the time of their life, that person expressing beauty. Sitting on the beach and watching the sunset while hearing the waves go back and forth illustrate beauty. True beauty transcends regular beauty. True beauty focuses more on the inside of the person and not in the outside. True beauty comes from the heart and not everyone can see it. The more one express things from their heart, the more beautiful he or she becomes. Once you see beauty, you just admire it with awe.
ReplyDeleteI think most people chase or worship beauty because they want that beauty too. Most of them developed envy towards beauty because of how society treats beautiful people more differently than non-beautiful people. Our media implies beauty with looks and physical appearance. A handsome man can become famous and popular because of his looks. For instance, Alex from target. Just a guy working at target and only to become famous because of his looks. Most men would hate that guy because of his looks and how easily he rose to fame.
Beauty causes pain as well as pleasure because beauty holds the power that can affect others and their mind. Most people would be jealous to beautiful people because of the attraction they are receiving. For example, a gorgeous woman adored by men, but hated by women. Women adoring a handsome man, but men hate him. With beauty, it pleases your mind and create a happy feeling. When looking at the full moon at night, you would feel calm and relax. It pleases your mind and you probably admire it.
From a 1-10 scale with 1 as ugly and 10 as handsome, I guess fit in the middle. I do not have a way of measuring beauty, but I feel that I fit in that place. Basically, I have characteristics of a smart, plain, normal boy. I don’t know anyone who fits the “most beautiful person” title. In future, I want to befriend the most beautiful person and learn how they can handle beauty.
Like every other blog I have no idea what to say. I'm always taken by surprise when I read these blogs although I shouldn't be because I know what to expect. There isn't one blog where I have a set answer to and today is the same thing. “Beaty” such a funny word. Not really honestly but I didn't know how to transition from me complaining to actually talking about what I need to talk about. So, “beauty” what really is beauty? I frankly have no idea. Maybe it's VS models or maybe it's Frida. I'll never truly know what beauty is, and maybe I don't wanna find out. I’m not sure that finding out would make me very happy, what if I don't fit the idea of beauty? This world though they have their own definition of beauty and it sucks that we do because that's not true beauty. The world believes that what we see on TV is “Beauty” but is it really? & once we have agreed with that we try to follow beauty. When we can't achieve “beauty” that's when we have a problem. TV tells us to lose weight and we do, models tell us to get taller and we do, magazines tell us to wear more makeup and we do. Why? We feel the need to be beautiful or beautiful in the way media views it. We are definitely not the world’s definition of beauty if we don’t look like Cara Delavigne. When we aren't able to achieve that look we get upset. People start to have surgery done just to make sure they look beautiful. We are not the TV’s definition of skinny if we don’t looks like Kendal Jenner. When we decide that looking like Kendal Jenner is “beauty” we try anything and everything to look like her.
ReplyDeleteWe are not the definition of sexy if we don’t look like Beyoncé. So what do we do WE GO AND CHANGE OURSELVES? To fit the world's idea of “beauty”. So we do try and chase “beauty”. Even though most of us don't even really know what beauty is. I try not to fall with media's games but sometimes I feel like everyone falls. We start to think the way they want us to think about ourselves. It's amazing what people will do to fit that idea of beauty. Because, if only someone could bring up Frida De Kahlo and talk about how beautiful she was then beauty would have another meaning. However no one would dare do so such thing. I think beauty is in the way they decided to lay out the Museum of Modern Art and of course all of its content. I think beauty is the way a mother loves her children. I think beauty is the way music sounds through really good earphones. I think beauty lies within the flowers in my grandmas garden and the swing I used as a child. I think beauty is the way snow sticks to a window but not for too long because it just can't seem to hold tight. I think beauty is the way sand manages to get even inside your fingernails or the way the waves sound as they crash against the shore. I think beauty lies within EVERYTHING the media and society decides isn't beautiful and looks past it.
This is a rough blog for me because beauty never really pertains to me until my mom says it to me. This blog post also has no cohesion.
ReplyDeleteBeauty starts on the inside and works its way out. Like when you tell your friends about the boy you think is appealing but they tell you that he's unattractive and then you realize all your friends are shallow while he's the only one who understands and listens to you. You weren't attracted to him because he was cute (which he was) but because of the way he always seemed to be there when you needed him and your friends were too busy being lil bitches. His heart made him beautiful.
Beauty depends on the way you're wired. For example, a lot of people out there think that Trey Songz is attractive. I strongly disagree. Something has beauty when the beholder's eyes say so. Someone has beauty when he/she looks at himself/herself and truly sees it. My life would be together and complete if I knew what true beauty is. When it comes to 'attracting mates', I don't know how to do that either. I think that since we've grown up with the idea that people can't go on without a spouse and be successful and happy, that we've set our life goals to find someone to be with.
People don't chase beauty as much as they frantically look for it. Beauty is an idea that changes depending on who you are, so trying to find it is an endless quest. I definitely worship people I find beautiful. I'd sell my soul to a cult for Mark Wahlberg.
While there are hella beautiful people out there, music is beautiful. The way that words and notes can be put together in such a way that people can be brought to tears or laugh til their stomach hurts or just genuinely smile.
Beautiful people are treated differently because that's the way society makes the world. The girl on the cover of Vogue doesn't have acne and the boy on the Hollister bag doesn't have on a shirt. We treat these people differently because that's what is advertised to the world; that there is a proper way to look, or an improper way to look and at the end of the day, the line between the two is too thin to walk on. 'Capturing beauty' is a phrase I never really understood because you cannot grab beauty by the hand; you can't touch it. I can't put a Victoria's Secret model in a pill. I can't contain beauty in a medicine bottle prescribed to me. That's not the way it works. People are obsessed with trying to find beauty so they don't have to be self-conscious in public. Or maybe they can't find good things about themselves so they constantly look for beauty to see if someone else will compliment them.
Boys handle beauty differently than girls. I'm not saying boys can't feel ugly because I know they can, but boys always shrug it off when it comes to appearances. The length people go to achieve beauty is disheartening. Hurting your body in an unhealthy way isn't the way to achieve beauty.
I don't see myself as beautiful, but maybe one day, I will. Maybe when I hit my glo up.
My teeth are nice though and I've never had braces so I like that.
The most beautiful people I know are all the people who've ignited this spark in me. Whether you're a friend or a teacher, your beautiful heart has led me to believe that you have a beautiful face; it all starts inside anyway.
And I might not know a lot about beauty, but Cassandra Bunje, you're absolutely beautiful and whoever thinks otherwise can meet me in the parking lot.
When I first think of the word beauty I think of outer appearance. When you call someone beautiful or even pretty most of the time you are complimenting their appearance however calling someone beautiful you are complimenting them as an entire person just as much as how they look. For me being called beautiful seems like the epitome of compliments. Beautiful is stronger than pretty and more sincere than hot. The pursuit of "beauty" can bring pain because society's idea of "beauty" can sometimes make you pluck your eye brows and slap on Linds of makeup. However the pain that comes with beauty there is also pleasure. When you finally believe that you yourself is beautiful is when you are complexity happy. Believing that you are beautiful means you have gained full acceptance of yourself. Beauty can also bring envy and admiration. When you see someone beautiful you admire them to a point that you may become jealous of them.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that I am beautiful. I say this unconfidently because I hate to "gas" myself or just talk about myself in general. Beauty is measured differently for everyone but when someone calls you beautiful it is not just one thing they are complimenting. Being called pretty or hot means you are solely being complimented on your appearance but being called beautiful is another ball game. Being called beautiful means you are being complimented on a combination of qualities, including your looks, thoughts, feels, and personality. The world is so beautiful. When I am older my ultimate goal is to see the world in its entirety. The world has so many beautiful destinations. Sunrises and sunsets are another beautiful thing about the world. In a matter of minutes the world goes from a lit up room to complete darkness. Throughout those minutes the sky changes multiple times between the most beautiful colors. From a fiery red to a popping pink then a soothing purple and through it all they mix until the sun finally sets down and the world goes dark. The world is so beautiful and it continues to amaze me every time I sit and watch it.
My friends are the most beautiful people I know. My friends are both aesthetically beautiful and also have the best personalities. My friends are always there for each other no matter the situation. My friends are caring people who are always selfless. Without them I would be nuts. My friends are beautiful because the combination of their qualities make them that way. They are always looking out for others before themselves. They are always trying to please not only their parents and teachers but also their peers and sometimes themselves. My friends are beautiful because they are beautiful people with beautiful personalities.
Bunj, you are a beautiful human being. There, you have been called beautiful. You’re welcome :)
ReplyDeleteBut really, beauty nowadays and in this society is freaking confusing.
Girls:
You can’t be too fat.
You can’t be too skinny, either.
Nice boobs.
Nice butt.
Straight hair (hair that is “perfect” almost everyday).
Them eyebrows gotta be on fleek too.
Oh, and straight teeth are the most attractive.
Guys:
Muscular body.
Nice eyes.
Nice hair.
Handsome smile.
These terms make me believe that yes, “true beauty IS a mirage”, Sophia Loren. Yas girl, yas.
I honestly don’t think there are as many standards for guys as there are for girls, not to be a complete feminist. Most of today’s society revolves around beautiful and popular people. Hell, HIGH SCHOOL revolves around beautiful and popular people.
No one can really say that looks don’t pull you in the first time you meet someone. Ever heard of “love at first sight”? That’s because your looks are really your only first impression. Most relationships are formulated off of these first impressions. People who are considered beautiful, are most definitely treated different than others. There were many times in our history as humans where we would put away people who looked different, like the disabled.
Women get plastic surgery; men go to the gym all the time (probably an unhealthy amount). Human beings do these things because we all want someone or some standard to look up to.
True beauty to me is someone who truly loves themselves for who they are and how they look. Yeah, I notice when some one is pretty to me, but it’s not a long-term focus. Some of the most beautiful people, are the ones who have a beautiful personality and are comfortable in their own skin.
Beauty is the key to success in the world and society. Humans listen to other beautiful humans. Humans mate with other beautiful humans. People obsess over and envy people with beauty. They want to mate with a beautiful human being to have beautiful children. I know about 25-45% of Twitter obsesses over people with beautiful eyes, muscular bodies, big butts, big boobs, etc.
Beauty is pain, in the terms of a woman. The outcome of this pain is pleasurable. We are a vain race, and we love to look at ourselves and others. We also love to judge others, which is probably the main reason why we have beauty standards in the first place. Recently, I’ve found that people will do anything to be considered beautiful (like I mentioned plastic surgery earlier).
There are so many “beautiful” people in my life. They all have different qualities, but they all have love in their hearts and an awesome personality. I don’t always like to bring up Lainey in my blog posts (haha), but I genuinely feel like she a beautiful person. Obviously, she is physically attractive and pretty, but what’s on the inside really counts. She has love in her heart and brightens up everyday, which is why I would chose her as one of the most beautiful people in my life.
On the other hand, I honestly do not know if I think I am beautiful. Luckily, I have been told that I am beautiful on many, many accounts. I play around with makeup, my hair, and my clothes. But I do not think that this should be what defines me as a beautiful person. I get self conscious about my skin, hair, and body. I am constantly told, however, that I need to eat and get “some meat on those bones”. I just sit there with this look on my face that says, “excuse me beeotchhhh?? I know you did not just say that I am too skinny.” So ultimately, I look for beauty in myself in the wrong places.
No one is ever wrong when they define “true beauty.” Everyone is different; therefore we all think differently on what is beautiful. But, the fact that we’re all unique and have different views is beautiful in itself. So, in a way, we’re all beautiful --to a certain someone. On the other hand, for me true beauty in a person is when they’re attractive and overall a good person. When I say a good person, I mean that they have good intentions, treat others well, brighten up people’s day, etc. In my opinion, you need to be a beautiful person inside and out to be considered “beautiful.” For example, if someone is the most attractive person alive but their personality is shit, they’re not beautiful, they’re just another pretty person. However, beauty is everywhere and it is not just people. Nature is beautiful. I’m pretty sure we’ve all seen amazing pictures of the outdoors and wildlife. That can also be considered true beauty.
ReplyDeleteI believe some people chase beauty and some people don’t. For the people that do chase it, they probably want to be accepted and they want people to think they’re attractive. With attractiveness, comes with many advantages. People would be willing to give you more chances; you’ll have a better chance of leaving a good first impression; you’ll attract more attention. The list could go on forever. Many people chase beauty because it comes with endless benefits. Although, for the people that don’t chase beauty are probably content with themselves and don’t feel the need to make themselves prettier. In addition, they could probably already be beautiful and the thought of needing to better themselves never crossed their mind. This brings me to my next point. Beautiful people are without a doubt treated differently than those who are considered less so. When we’re attracted to someone beautiful, we would most likely give them the time of day than a less attractive person. It’s very shallow, but it’s true. That is the reason why we envy someone more attractive than ourselves; because we don’t receive the treatment that they do. Although, this doesn’t mean that everybody treats beautiful people different, but many do.
Am I beautiful? Haha, I’m awesome, but I wouldn’t consider myself beautiful. I know the flaws in my personality enough to know that I’m not all that. I’m just a teenage dirtbag. However, someone out there thinks I’m “beautiful,” so that’s cool to think about. But, as for the most beautiful person I know, I have no idea. I had many people in mind because there are so many beautiful people in the world, but no one came up in my head instantly. On the bright side, you are the most beautiful person to someone out there.
I find myself at a loss of words. Why do I look at sunsets in awe of its beauty? Maybe hope in the light peaking through the clouds proclaiming, “A better day will come.” Maybe it’s a glimpse of heaven, of God’s kingdom waiting for me. Maybe the colors are just plainly appealing to my brain. All I know is the people, places, words, ideas, and animals I find beautiful inspire me. They are inspiring on a higher level. Something or someone that sings to my heart and makes me want to make a difference in the world in a way that is incomparable to anything of its kind. Everyone has beauty inside of them, a piece of their soul that is original and hopeful. The amount of this incomparable inspiration determines how beautiful you are. Humans judge what they can see. For example, a girl with a very toned body and nice shape may be considered beautiful to some because they we it’s inspiring that she can have the physical and mental strength to be in such good health.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, when you talk about physical beauty I still stand by my definition. Confidence is inspiring. Any student with total confidence in themselves is greatly admired. It doesn’t matter if that person wears a bag for clothing, it’s still cool or expressive or unique. We all know who that girl or guy is. We all dream for that careless and daring life. We aspire to live that way. Additionally, the standards of beauty change constantly based on what we currently find healthy or stronger. Because the look means health we strive to fit the shape. If you do not have the ideal shape, you are not healthy. At least this is what we think subconsciously. This does not count for everyone. Everyone is inspired by different things and strive to achieve their ideal person. Beauty is not a physical trait it's a ray of hope that we see in people and in the world.
True beauty is an illusion that society has created to always find a way to put down one another. We use beauty to attract one another, humans are different from creature likes ducks simply because we also add personality into the equation when attempting to find a mate. A personality can make or break the option of mating, humans have developed to the point where we don’t always need to produce the best offspring.
ReplyDeleteOf course we chase beauty, we live in a society that is centered on one perfect image. Guys are based on someone like David Beckham while women are based on someone like Scarlet Johansson. We worship the beauty of a certain few that gets posted on every magazine cover and is a model for every clothing company, always hoping that if we wear what they do or do what they do that we can become on the same level of so-called “beauty”. People of treated different because of beauty for example in a TV debate between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy most people that listened to the debate on the radio believed that Nixon had won the debate while those who watched it on TV said that Kennedy had won. The reason for this is Kennedy wore makeup on the television broadcast while Nixon didn’t, we automatically will support someone that is more beautiful because we judge everyone by that before we actually talk to them, which is why people thought the winner of the debate was different because one group had images while the other didn’t.
Men and Women have both sought after beauty because in our society beauty is almost a form of power. People that are considered beautiful will have an easier life in our modern society because beauty and power are almost mirrors of each other, this is why we have always sought after it.
True beauty is just an illusion that society has created to always find a way to put someone down, even the people who are considered the beautiful ones are often citizen about beauty which further supports that there is no such thing as “true beauty”. Beauty is a form of power which is why people envy and admire it, you see what society considers beautiful on every sort of media. The constant display of these models for society lead us to believe that beauty is power, we envy those that have it and admire those who have it so that maybe one day we can be just like them.
I do not see myself as beautiful simply because I am not what society displays and accepts as beautiful. Perhaps that’s a little harsh of myself but it’s the truth, for example, I do not have blue eyes which are often considered beautiful. Beauty is something you can actually measure even though society has a set image for what it is a lot of our perceptions on beauty come from personal preferences which makes it almost impossible to truly define. The most beautiful person I know is actually no one because I have not developed what my perception of beauty is and I will not compare someone to an image of perfection because that perfection constantly gets criticized. Until I have fully developed this sense of beauty I cannot determine who I think is most beautiful.
I see the beauty of someone in their personality. Looks can show a little but what’s on the inside can tell a lot. The most beautiful person to me would have to be my mother. I enjoy seeing her face everyday and I love her. Looks doesn’t necessarily define beauty because there’s people out there that can’t see and the still find love. Just from my high school experience I notice how girls are very insecure about themselves if they look beautiful or not. We live in a world where plastic surgerys can make a 40 year old woman look 20. Woman and men are willing to spend thousands on plastic surgerys just to look “beautiful”. You're all beautiful don’t let anyone tell you guys different. We all are in our own way. People try to make others feel insecure about themselves and most of the time it works. That individual would question themselves in the mirror or different. Beauty shouldn’t be judged just by how you look but that's how it is in this world. This is more common in females than males. I find myself beautiful because I accept myself for who I am. Beautiful people are treated different than others. They are set at a higher standard than others just because of their appearance. This category usually follows up with popularity. We all want the newest trend. We see one person have it, then a group of people and now we want it. We desire the beauty and attention from the public to be accepted by them. Same goes vise versa we chase those that we find attractive or beautiful. I wouldn’t know if you feel pain just to be beautiful because I don’t know. I mean I just wake up and come to school. If you want something by any means you’ll try and get it. We are attracted to beautiful things even people. If a boy sees a beautiful girl he’ll keep trying to get with her but he’ll probs get curved a million times. In woman I believe that beauty is pain because it seems like they go through a lot just to look the way that they don’t get me wrong you're all beauty if you took it the wrong way. You're all beautiful go ahead and love yourself.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, "true beauty" is depended on what the society thinks about a certain thing. There are like a set rules, created by the society, that one must follow to achieve beauty. But following these rules, in my opinion, leads to nowhere. It, actually, leads to a cluster of confusion. For example, if a girl today (and sorry that I am targeting girls again) wanted to be accepted as a beautiful female, then she must follow the society's footsteps and implant chemicals in her chest area so her breasts can enlarge. Because that IS what "true beauty" is, isn't it? TO GET BIGGER CHEST AND ASS! Oh wow! Since when has that been so beautiful. Umm.... Since never! I apologize if I sound angry in this blog, but it hurts me to know that people, not only girls, are so self conscious and want to just be content with themselves, but the pressure of others not accepting their normal selves kills them. So many blindly say that true beauty is just not external but mostly internal and having a good personality, character, and being spiritually pure is the most beautiful thing, but to me all that is BS. People saying that already shows that insecurity surrounds them all individually. People say the same BS so they can come in agreement with one another and be "mainstream" because like that they will be at peace. Like that, no one will judge them. That is sad.
ReplyDeleteBeing content with oneself, NO MATTER WHAT, is what beauty is. Being content with oneself and also accepting other peoples' regular "forms" are the things that generate beauty. Why is it that when some semi-good-looking girl accepts a pathetic-geeky-looking guy makes the guy just fall in love with that girl? Because he finds beauty in her, not because of her semi-good looks, but because of her acceptance of his patheticness and geekiness. Because she was content with who he was. Because it shows that she is, herself, content with her own body and soul. Yeah, I may be speaking of being spiritually beautiful, but that is not exactly where I am going with this. It's more so about accepting oneself, as it was aforementioned, and accepting others for who they are. This is a hard task, as I have may mentioned in one of my previous blogs, but it is achievable.
Let me go a little off topic and talk about an image I came across the other day on google. So, in google images, I happened to come across a picture that compared the couple of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West. On the left side of the picture the two movie celebrities were displayed and they were formally dressed and presented infront of the camera. Nothing unoriginal. Everything normal there. And on the right side, I see Kim Kardashian (keep in mind that she is a grown woman)posing infront of the camera with her butt out, just like teenager girls do, and her head looking like it doesn't belong to the body (and of course Kanye standing there with a serious face). Yes, there's a lot of hate coming from me directed towards Kim Kardashian, but this hate of mine should be understandable by at least a few people. First of all, she's a grown woman, so why does she pose with her ass popped out? Secondly, she got that butt from, I reckon, plastic surgery (I'm not too sure if she got a fake butt, but I know for sure she got fake facial make-up at least). People like Kim Kardashian set this shitty example of beauty that younger girls follow because she has a lot of money and she automatically knows what is truly beautiful and what is not (which in reality, she is barely educated and dumbfound. I'm sorry, but it shows how unintelligent she is just by looking at her crying face. She just looks like a moron). And Kim Kardashian is one of many examples.
DeleteGetting back to the topic at hand, who can I name to be beautiful in my eyes? I do not have a set person in my mind that I can name because, maybe, I have not met him/her yet. I have yet to discover a person who is quite well content with himself/herself, and the same goes for me. I do not know if I am physically attractive or not, only girls can tell me that, but I sure as heck know that I still lack self esteem and self worth (if that makes sense). I am slowly beginning to accept my qualities and, overall, who I am and so with that I am slowly burgeoning into a beautiful butterfly that will fly until it finally falls, crumbles, and dies. (YUP! BEST ENDING EVER)!!
Beauty isn't really something you can define, in my opinion. There's always physical beauty but then there's everything else. Words can be beautiful in their meaning. People can be beautiful in their personality. I don't think I could define it if I tried.
ReplyDeleteI don't see myself as beautiful, no. That's not something that I am saying to draw attention or make people feel bad for me. I would actually prefer not to write this publicly, but it's true. I can't measure beauty either. It would be hypocritical of me to do so. It isn't something that can be measured because it isn't the same for everyone. That's okay, though. If we all saw beauty the same way, wouldn't we all look the same or wouldn't we all act the same way?
I don't have a most beautiful person I know. All of the people I know are beautiful for different ways. For their looks or their personality or anything in between.
I think humans are so enthralled by the idea of beauty because it's been embedded into our system. Since the earliest days, beauty has been something that people look for. I think at one point someone just made up this idea of beauty and ever since we have envied it. I don't think it will ever change or go away, but is there really anything we can do about that? We're the ones who make it.