I just happened to be browsing the internet for blogs that are related to my blog so I could include them in my blog roll and I came across a blog that was perfect for my topic this week: Is there a true meaning of beauty?
NO! In my opinion, there is not a true meaning of beauty. You can't tell me that you have never been with your friends and and pointed out a girl/guy and said "Man, isn't he/she cute?!" and then one of your friends responded with "Eh, he/she is okay. I think so and so is much cuter." There is one saying that I have always lived by and that I always will: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" (paraphrase of a statement by Plato). To me, this is the best way to explain my entire blog. Every one perceives beauty differently and that IS completely normal. It's exactly same thing as having a different taste in clothes, a different favorite food, or a different favorite movie than your friends.
The article that I was reading was analyzing the movie "Shallow Hal". She talked about how she thinks it is great that they are trying to get the message out that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" but at the same time they are portraying that beauty is someone who is thin, tall, and blonde. Through out the movie, he sees an over weight woman as a beyond "beautiful" woman and is instantly attracted to her. He doesn't see until the end of the movie that she isn't the tall, beautiful woman that he fell for in the first place, but he still ends up being with her. I agree with her that the movie is trying to get a good point across, but at the same time why did the "beautiful" woman have to be tall, thin, and blonde? Why couldn't she have been considered beautiful not thin, not blonde and not tall? I do believe that people find certain things attractive, and certain things unattractive but by no means should we stop liking a person just because other people have perceptions that something is beauty and something isn't. We should be more interested in inner beauty because you don't look young forever and if you are just with someone just for their looks, you are in deep water my friend.
The message that I want everyone to take from this is don't base who you like or who you don't like by what you think "beauty" is supposed to look like. Most importantly, don't base anything on what you think your friends will find attractive and acceptable because as long as you're happy, nothing else should matter; always put yourself first.
Katie.
"Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight." -1 Peter 3:4
"Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight." -1 Peter 3:4
I like your reference to the movie Shallow Hal(I love Gwyneth Paltrow)and I never knew that the saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder came from Plato, so great start! Your topic is very easy to relate to and you're sending a great message. I agree that the portrayal of beauty in the film is very superficial and that using another body type, hair color, etc. could have been equally, if not more, effective.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of this post is so true. I love the conclusion as well when you talk about attractiveness because we don't relate that to beauty all the time. It's more of a characteristic that is the result of inward beauty.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to start off by saying that...I absolutely LOVE shallow Hal! I completely agree with the statements in your blog. With so many different faces in this world, It is hard NOT to find something beautiful in each of them.
ReplyDeleteSara Michele
I really like how you are expressing yourself in this blog. It is really interesting and gets me "hooked." You know how you mentioned that everyone perceives beauty differently? Well I think it applies to the little things in life that people ignore and aren't grateful for. I was stressed out about a lot of things last week and I usually complain a lot when that happens. So, a friend shared this video with me and I wanted to share this video with you. There's beauty everywhere in life.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNVPalNZD_I