As discussed in class, I have created a definition for beauty as I see it. That definition is "Everything is beautiful" This brings to light several concerns as my classmates have questioned me over. These questions are such, "what about things that are evil, dirty, or painful (such as cancer)" these concerns have caused me to think more about how I would define beauty.
The original example that I gave for my definition was the Appalachian wilderness, or rather any wilderness. The wilderness allows for many different forms of life to live, flowering fields, towering trees, and beautiful vistas but also terrible storms, raging rivers and deadly forest fires. the balance of life and death allows for an appreciation for the other which allows the good to be beautiful and the terrible to be awesome (awe inspiring) which makes them beautiful too. That is to say that the terrible are beautiful in their enabling of the appreciation of the beauty in the good.
I however have adjusted my definition to, "Everything has the potential to be beautiful but that beauty can only be recognized if given the right point of view, framework, or mindset." That adjustment allows for eliminating the negative actions done by things that in it of themselves are beautiful. That is to say that everything is beautiful but the things they do may not be beautiful. Thus allowing for can cancer to be considered beautiful but not what it does to living things. In other words, if you look at something as terrible as cancer and look at it from a scientific lens and not from a cause and effect lense, that terrible thing becomes beautiful.
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