Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Beauty, Subjectivity and Preference

 

Beauty is not objective. Beauty is a label applied to that which is excellent. Someone may prefer one object over another, but something is either beautiful or it is not. One cannot call something beautiful simply because one “likes” it.  There is art and music that I appreciate but is not beautiful.

Someone cannot call themselves beautiful simply because they like the way they look. That is not beauty, that is preference. Being morbidly overweight is not beautiful, it is a deviation from what is good and healthy. Being novel is not beauty, it is a creative expression of simply trying to be different. 

The music of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Vivaldi is beautiful, but the music of The Sex Pistols is not. Oftentimes music is created simply as an emotional expression of one’s state of mind and heart and if that heart has been traumatized, the result will be an expression of trauma.


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