Throughout our daily existence as humans, there are multiple events ranging from minimal to maximum interest. Some of us may enjoy to play sports such as basketball, lacrosse, baseball and soccer or participate in extracurricular activities at school. These are just some of the events that make us (as humans) different from another, having a unique personality, and better yet what attracts our attention? “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is a universal phrase that is relatively easy to interpret or understand, but the does this statement hold true in most situations and if it does what does this statement relate to.
Personally when this statement is brought to question within a conversation it does make complete sense because who is to judge another persons opinion about the perception of beauty. However we must understand what beauty actually means and relates to. The denotation of beauty relates to the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations such as shape, color, or sound. Again does this definition truly define what beauty is within the relationship of humans? Probably not because in some countries beauty can range from multiple facets and categories. For example such as in Hawaii and Samoa, big is considered extremely beautiful and valued deeply but on the other end of the spectrum in America, the more developed a woman is (physically) is considered beautiful and sometimes stunning.
One concept that comes to mind is that beauty and attraction can either correlate and complement each other. For example what attracts humans of opposite sexes or the same together with one and another. From the beginning it holds true that physical attributes such as an attractive face or a curvaceous body in a female do attract the opposite sex (men) but after it is more of the emotional connection that keeps that attraction in combination with common interests and the enjoyment of each others company. However what if the rules of attraction did not exist, then would the concept of beauty exist and vice versa. Then we could also ask at a microscopic perspective that if none of these concepts existed what would the world be as we know it as today? But in as this theory can hold for relationships, it can hold for any topic that possesses the concept of beauty, such as art or aesthetics.
Generally the statement “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” does hold true in some situations but however it is far too inclusive and this statement could hold to anything that possesses “beauty”, even if anyone does not have an idea what beauty is.
1.Since this current statement is far too inclusive does it hold true to multiple perspecives of beauty or only to a personal outlook of what beauty is?
2.What if for example if the perception of beauty differs from culture to culture, what makes a certain culture correct about their current perception?
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Interestingly, I wrote my blog post before reading yours. In my own, I came to the conclusion that the statement is not far too inclusive, but rather it is as specific as we can get while being charitable to the commonly held assumption (that I ascribe to, I might add) that we all have our individual tastes, and that these tastes are in part inherent (natural), and in part a response to our environment (nurtured). Though I could be completely wrong.
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