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what is beauty?

what makes something beautiful?
by comparing?
if u got a supposed beautiful face and shown it to a child all their life, then it wud become the norm if they had nothing to compare it to. they wudn;t see it as beautiful.

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what is beauty? what makes something beautiful?
comparing?
if u got a supposed beautiful face and shown it to a child all their life, then it wud become the norm if they had nothing to compare it to. there wudn;t see it as beautiful. its very confusing.

undeveloped offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (11 minutes after post)

personal opinion makes things beautiful. it could just be someones personality, someones looks, something that you enjoy being around. thats true about how if you are around someone who is physically “beautiful”, it will be the norm. thats why people need to see the truth, that people/things are different, and dont look the same for many reasons. it sucks, but thats how it is. my personal preference is that to be beautiful, people dont have to look the greatest (although it is a plus), their personality is what is beautiful to me

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spiritedsoul offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 1 month ago (15 minutes after post)

yeh, i find it facinating how its to do with comparison. if u spend time with a beautiful person, ud see their face just become the norm because then ur not comparing. if ur in a room its different.
its all comparison. is it better to see things as all different? facinating though.
and yeh, personality does go a long way when it comes to getting on with people. who wud want to hang out with some1 who is beautiful, perfect and has everything?

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Heyhey, Sav-vay offline Verified User (2 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
Linden, NJ, US | 2 years, 1 month ago (16 minutes after post)

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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Hope offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (19 minutes after post)

Some quotes I found ^_^

“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”

“No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.”

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. So beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart”

“Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love”

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.”

spiritedsoul offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 1 month ago (21 minutes after post)

yeh beauty is in the eye of the beholder, true.
cos nothing is ugly or beautiful in reality, beauty is not a truth.
it is a matter of perception. their as to be a viewer to decide if something is beautiful or not.

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spiritedsoul offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 1 month ago (21 minutes after post)

there has*

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undeveloped offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (26 minutes after post)

ill b back in bout half an hour n reply to sum of that

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undeveloped offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (45 minutes after post)

about that beauty becoming the norm. its like celebrities and models. how many celebrities are there that are “ugly”. people make it the norm. everyone is beautiful in their own way.

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spiritedsoul offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Sandgate, G5, GB | 2 years, 1 month ago (11 hours, 52 minutes after post)

undeveloped wrote:
about that beauty becoming the norm. its like celebrities and models. how many celebrities are there that are “ugly”. people make it the norm. everyone is beautiful in their own way.

yeh good point. because they create a perfect world, people can easily assume the perfect is the norm, and when it comes to reality its nothing like that.

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CocoMonique offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

that’s not it. Not at all. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder it’s only when we compare the beauty of one thing to that of another that it becomes “less” or “more” beautiful. We don’t need to compare to know.

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Parow, 11, ZA | 2 years, 1 month ago (1 day, 14 hours after post)

The most wonderfull beauty comes from honesty,a kind word uttered when it is needed,to support,a smile from the heart,a loving touch,comforting,never discriminating always eager to listen and most of all never judging.

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

i thought of something earlier today, i dont think it was about beauty, but it was something about becoming the norm. it realli pisses me off that i cant remember it. if i figure out what it was, ill let you know

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (2 days, 1 hour after post)

OKAY. I GOT IT!!! If you are always around a perfect environment, without any problems, that seems like the norm to you. apparently, i havent seen so much trouble. about a week or 2 ago i was at my friends house and her parents were fightin, and for some reason, i thought to myself that -”wow, it feels weird experiencin this”, and last night, i was at my other friends house, juzt chillin, and his uncle came and was either drunk or coked up, and i thought again, “this doesnt seem real”. when you are around problems alot, that seems normal, but its like the opposite, you dont think anything is ever good, and when your around good, your think that you wish it happend like that to you. all im tryin to say is that if you just stop and think about -is this real and just think about the situation, it feels weird. lately ive been experiencin stuff like that. its almost like time has stopped and where im at is secluded from other places. like we (me n my friends/my town) is the only thing that exists. its weird

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nilch offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 18 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (2 days, 18 hours after post)

beauty is beauty it just is
it’s in a place it’s in a kiss
beauty’s everywhere i’ve ever been
and in everything i’ve ever seen
it’s every where i want to go
and also where i’ll never know
it’s in all the people that we meet
beauty’s even in an empty street
it’s seen in field’s it’s seen in tree’s
and wildlife like birds and bee’s
it’s in every wave to touch the shore
yes beauty’s there (i am in awe)
it’s in ourselves it’s in our friends
and our familys……this story ends. x.

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CocoMonique offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (2 days, 19 hours after post)

Beauty is beauty. There is no “if”. Either it’s beautiful or it isn’t. Whether or not you are too familiar with it to know the difference.

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