Definitely going to check this out in June: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/arts/design/15stor.html?ex=1336881600&en=dd8cbbf98a5e84db&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Are there certain fundamental characteristics of what we, collectively, see as beautiful, or is beauty really just in the eye of the beholder and influenced by society? Can something be simultaneously hellishly beautiful, beautifully hellish, and hell ? Should beauty torment (different from "can")? From a Christian point of view, what is beautiful?
Let's not just talk about theories. I'm more interested in your perceptions.
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anything can be "made" beautiful by society/culture. War can be beautiful, death can be beautiful, pain can be beautiful. for instance, the huge mushroom cloud of the atomic bombs was deemed beautiful by tons of people, even tho it caused hundrds of thousands of people to die + radiation + mutilation + burns. kamikaze pilots were described using lots of allusions to nature: ie- cherry blossoms, "divine wind", etc. even tho what they did was essentially destructive. ahh. ok. ill shut up now, i just wrote a paper on this for my mit class. :X
-Anna!
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