it is not wrong to seek beauty. the circuits of our brain are tuned to the frequency of beauty. it is a part of us to seek it out and to love beauty simply because it is.
beauty, though, is sometimes hard to see. it is the treasure that lies in the field, the grass of which betrays nothing unusual. you cannot tell a hero from a coward just from the lines on his face, and you cannot measure someone's heart by looking into their eyes. we may get a feeling, but no other tangible evidence, and feelnings are prone to error. we are naturally suspicious of one another. things are sometimes not what they appear and we don't like being deceived. we want true beauty, not the cover up cream.
i'm not going to be the four millionth person to tell you that true beauty lies within. you've probably heard it so many times you can't tell it apart from the wax in your ears. what i am going to tell you is that true beauty is simple. for example, honesty is beautiful. simple truth. that would be the antithesis of that famous line, "oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive." lies are ugly. they complicate.
i think this is something i've learned. i find myself seeking simplicity in beauty. it doesn't matter if it's people or some piece of art. i look for the simplicity of the composition.
and i am finding that sometimes things are exactly as they seem. and that is beautiful.
ghost
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