dogaaslaner
Mar 3, 2016
Writing Feedback / "It's not beauty if it can be removed with a wet kleenex." - A humble opinion essay [3]
It's not beauty if it can be removed with a wet kleenex.
- Doğa Aslaner
In a society where it's so common to see everyone acquiesce in the majority of things, it's rather interesting to come across a concept that's not been defined well enough to convince everyone yet. Concepts we can't put a finger on, such as beauty, are what make us think that we're different at some point.
And that's precisely the most beautiful thing about beauty: it means something different for everyone.
If we asked a mathematician what beauty is, he would say numbers. If we asked a farmer the same, he would say seeing his crops grow. If we asked an astronaut, he would say the sky. If we asked a dog, it wouldn't say anything because dogs don't talk.
Therefore I insist, regardless of all the definitions found on the dictionaries, that there are some concepts better left undefined. I will not deny though, that there are indeed some points we should all agree on, such as what beauty does not mean.
Layers of make-up to look natural, asthenic bodies to fit in the dress called society, going under the knife to lift eyebrows and lower self-esteem, or any other extreme measure taken in the name of beauty is what should not be included in its profound definition.
It's easy for the majority of us to spot the wrongness in these actions, but we're often not able to point out the reason behind them. "The pursuit of beauty" as I call it, is the explanation for the constant chase some people find themselves in. What they fail to see though, is that this is an endless chase. It's very much like the chase between Tom and Jerry, the coyote and the roadrunner, or Donald Trump and intellect. It will never end.
As to a solution, I could say "be beautiful in the inside", but that would not be original at all. So I say "be ugly in the inside".
As explained before beautiful is not a defined concept and ugly shouldn't be either. Then who's to say being beautiful is right and being ugly is wrong? Racism was most probably beautiful in Hitler's eyes. So if ugly is what you are, go ahead.
It's not beauty if it can be removed with a wet kleenex.
- Doğa Aslaner
In a society where it's so common to see everyone acquiesce in the majority of things, it's rather interesting to come across a concept that's not been defined well enough to convince everyone yet. Concepts we can't put a finger on, such as beauty, are what make us think that we're different at some point.
And that's precisely the most beautiful thing about beauty: it means something different for everyone.
If we asked a mathematician what beauty is, he would say numbers. If we asked a farmer the same, he would say seeing his crops grow. If we asked an astronaut, he would say the sky. If we asked a dog, it wouldn't say anything because dogs don't talk.
Therefore I insist, regardless of all the definitions found on the dictionaries, that there are some concepts better left undefined. I will not deny though, that there are indeed some points we should all agree on, such as what beauty does not mean.
Layers of make-up to look natural, asthenic bodies to fit in the dress called society, going under the knife to lift eyebrows and lower self-esteem, or any other extreme measure taken in the name of beauty is what should not be included in its profound definition.
It's easy for the majority of us to spot the wrongness in these actions, but we're often not able to point out the reason behind them. "The pursuit of beauty" as I call it, is the explanation for the constant chase some people find themselves in. What they fail to see though, is that this is an endless chase. It's very much like the chase between Tom and Jerry, the coyote and the roadrunner, or Donald Trump and intellect. It will never end.
As to a solution, I could say "be beautiful in the inside", but that would not be original at all. So I say "be ugly in the inside".
As explained before beautiful is not a defined concept and ugly shouldn't be either. Then who's to say being beautiful is right and being ugly is wrong? Racism was most probably beautiful in Hitler's eyes. So if ugly is what you are, go ahead.
