I've been on this new "beauty" kick. I personally don't think beauty exists in the way that so many people seem determined to think it does. Beauty is nothing tangible nor finite, it varies depending on its cultural, personal, and historical context. Yet we are so arrogant as to believe that beauty is universal and never changing and all who fall short of this one rigid definition of beauty, or not. That they are ugly. Never has there been a word more foul, more degrading, more pathetic in it's attempt to be powerful. Let's dilute the corrosive power we have lent this word.
What do you consider to be beautiful? How do you define the word? What do you consider to be ugly? How do you define that word? Whose right is it to differentiate between the two?
I find the quirks in people to be what defines their charm. The atypical looking women are the ones I am most enamored by, the ones who look otherworldly, with faces that are too unique to forget. What is so beautiful about deliberately homogeneous features and fake yet sweet faced bodies who lose their forms when placed into a crowd? Enough with that. I want to see more blemishes and abnormalities, and more eccentric personalities because that is the light which shines through and causes these people to radiate.
This post is hence forth dedicated to all of the men and women I have found in my hours of googling, that have been called ugly, freakish, alien, and bizarre. Are they? Or is there an aesthetic appeal that the jaded masses are yet to realize? I will let you determine.
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This has left me nearly speechless.
These people are compelling in a countless number of ways,
Shaun Ross, Diandra Forrest, wow.
I totally agree with you, those faces, so different, so awkward, faces that you will absolutely remember because you have never seen anything like it, something memorable, is beautiful.
I sigh at the fact that looking fake and exactly like everyone else is something everyone longs for now-a-days, truly a disappointment.
Exactly! And it is such a shame that people themselves and their bitter peers, disparage them on account for their differences. So many people learn to be ashamed of what sets them apart, rather than find strength and pride and beauty in it.
i know a lot of people who would find a majority of this post "ugly", and what a shame that is. We miss out on a lot when we're so busy being narrow-minded! ^_^
Determining what beauty is and imposing it upon other people is just a way for weak people to gain power. The only ugliness that exists is in people is their ugly souls trying to bring other people down. Luckily I have only known a couple of these people and not close enough to be hurt by them.
I don't understand the desire to fit into a finite mold when our uniqueness is what defines us as individuals. I guess it makes people feel safe.
I can't tell you how much I adore your blog.
I think that ugly (personality wise) is not being able to see the beauty in things. Appearance wise, it is molding yourself into something that everyone is and attempting to rid yourself of or hide your flaws. Beauty is comfort. If you don't feel comfortable with how you are naturally and decide to prop yourself in the overflowing pit of conformity just to change, that is ugly to me.
Love yourself and accept that fact that not everybody is going to love you. Ignore those who beg you to become them. We're all different.
I think this sort of thing is what prompted me to do things like shave my head, dye my hair, pierce my face... things that make some people go, "why would you deliberately want to make yourself ugly?" and I answer, "I don't find it ugly. I find it interesting." I would rather be remembered for that, than be another nice-looking forgotten face.
My youngest sister had the most ADORABLE chip out of one of her front teeth. It was almost unnoticeable, yet it added so much character. She got it filled recently and I could not fathom why she would feel the need to.
Your blog is the first that goes me so strong at the heart and I agree so much with you! My englih isn't so well that I understand all but the main part I understand!
You makes bloging deeper! Thank you!
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I remember a girl I went to high school with, she had a large raised mole on her face. She was stunning.
I saw her recently, for the first time since leaving school. The mole is gone. Shes one of the crowd now.
What a beautiful and well-written post. I hope things are ok with you and I will be thinking about what you have written for a long time.
we can't say what the beauty, this personne doesn't like canon of the beauty.
médias say, the peoples must look like at that ... blue eyes, long blond-heared girl or short for the men, little nose, big lips but not big mouth, tall and slim ... it's hard to be pretty in this world u_u
for medias im ugly haha
(sorry for my bad english)
i definitely consider imperfection as beauty. i'm not even interested in the ones who appear to be flawless, honestly.
oh, by the way, since this question is stuck in my mind for already a long time as well, i've actually been thinking about cutting my hair (almost all of it) or even just shaving a part off... (since i know i also kind of have that 'pretty' hair).
thats easy for you to say seeing as you are ridiculously gorgeous.
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