Beauty is Genius

Beauty
n., pl. -ties.

1. The quality that gives pleasure to the mind or senses and is associated with such properties as harmony of form or color, excellence of artistry, truthfulness, and originality.
2. One that is beautiful, especially a beautiful woman.
3. A quality or feature that is most effective, gratifying, or telling: The beauty of the venture is that we stand to lose nothing.
4. An outstanding or conspicuous example: “Hammett's gun went off. The shot was a beauty, just slightly behind the eyes” (Lillian Hellman).

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Beauty hm? As I was reading Dorian Grey, one of the main characters who influences Dorian into becoming worried about losing his beauty, opened my mind to a new idea, or thought process perhaps. He said, "Beauty is Genius. It does not have to be proven or explained. It is a fact for all to marvel upon." (Pretty much) He kept going on about Beauty is the only important thing in life, and that if one has it, to enjoy it, but if one does not have it- indulge your senses. It was quite an amazing read really. But how true can this idea be? I always believed in the beauty of the soul rather then the exterior beauty- but it's true when they say our natural instincts desire beauty. As much as I think to myself, 'oh, pretty boy, meh' my initial reaction clearly sparked something in my brain- and then I reasoned with it to think otherwise. How incredible. It is incredible how stupid we are, how simple we are. (I always thought we were so much like rats, mindless creatures scurrying about, reproducing, eating, and then dying. We just add materialistic goods ontop of that, religion and status in society, really.) what if one day, beauty does not matter to us? What if we see a beautiful man or woman walk by, and have no reaction or see any indifference to another person on the street? That would destroy us as humans, I think. As much as I am totally against shallow people, whoever doesnt consider the importance in beauty is shallow. Without it, we would not strive for excellence or improvement. Its an unfortunate fact, really. This hasn't changed my original feelings towards Beauty. To me, it is definitely still something more.

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