beauty, aesthetics, awe

This is why from this film still, it made me think about the ocean and all the senses I felt being near it. I feel it with my whole being. And it’s what makes it beautiful.

We experience beautiful things not only visually, but also with your whole being:

“My perception is [therefore] not a sum of visual, tactile and audible givens: I perceive in a total way with my whole being: I grasp a unique structure of the thing, a unique way of being, which speaks to all my senses at once” (https://www.quartey.com/writing/why-beauty-matters)

Maybe I can throw in “Awe” here too https://twitter.com/benjlaufer/status/1547240818641178624 how we’re born with instantaneous awe but grew to only have manufactured awe, mostly.

My theory is that beauty is you as you dreamed you might be. Beauty’s subjectivity comes from everyone’s unique version of what beauty would look like on them. The people I find most beautiful are basically just more attractive versions of myself. The biggest thing I’ve noticed about beauty is that my vision of it has always been defined by my own insecurities. It’s shifted at different points in my life, depending on what I thought I needed more/less of. Isn’t that interesting? That what feels most beautiful to us is what we lack most. In that way, beauty is constantly shape shifting to show us what we are not. The thing about beauty is that it isn’t trivial. Life is easier if you’re beautiful. More doors will open for you. Whether we want to admit it or not, appearance affects perception. And positively affecting others’ perception of you is one of the best things you can do for yourself. But beauty only works to your advantage if you can negotiate with it, find a place for it in your life that doesn’t let it totally dominate you. https://mindmine.substack.com/p/beauty-the-elusive-shadow-we-live

No matter how superficial beauty might sound, it perceives us better, gives other people a better impression of us from our outer appearance.