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Hey Unleashed,

when I read this I had to go away have a cup of tea and really think about this...and having done that I still couldn't quantify it enough to do it justice. I can only offer this, beauty is transitory and lives in our perception. I find beauty in the closeup and in the wideshot, sometimes its obvious other times you've got to look for it, the latter is the kind of beauty that is more revelatory and always a surprise. Beauty = creation. DDx

Hi!
I like the answer by Design Diva.What I could say.
... beauty is a human choice...

(Asked by Unleashed 6/5/08): Part 1******** Beauty is not limited to vision alone; but is that which affects one of our 5 senses--Taste, touch, hearing, seeing, smelling. So while it is indeed sensory, it is also an existential. ******** Few can taste sweet summer melon, rich dark chocolate, salty Prosciutto, their lover's lips and not find beauty. ******** Few can touch/feel grass crunch under foot on a frosty morning, warm summer winds, the thrill/anxiety of new found love, a baby's soft embrace and not find beauty. ******* Few can hear cooing of morning doves, crackling lightning and roaring thunder, Handel's Messiah, the quiet breathing of their sleeping child and not find beauty. ******** Few can see Michangelo's David, winter's first snow fall, an ocean sunset, a friend's tears of joy and not find beauty. ******* Few can smell moist earth after the rain, homemade bread baking, a rose in bloom, autumn leaves burning and not find beauty.

Further, we have beauty of the spirit. And yes, it is always beautiful, but may be fleeting or enduring. ******** Beauty of the spirit will always be marked by honesty, courage, charity, fidelity and grace. If we conduct ourselves in this world with those qualities then we are enduringly beautiful. If, however, we do not, then our beauty withers and fades away.******** Beauty of the spirit is planted and watered in childhood, but only comes to full bloom when nurtured, exhibited and sustained as an adult. ******** Finally, beauty is an action and thus also a choice. When we choose the action of giving beyond ourselves, it manifests in us as beauty.********Is not the woman who cuts her tresses to make wigs for children in chemotherapy, beautiful? Is not the man who subsidizes affordable wheelchairs made from plastic garden chairs for Third World amputees, beautiful? ********
Enshroud yourself in beauty; ingest it and then, share it.