I got this video from alastair's blog. His blog is a great place for a lot of theological discussion. I'd really recommend reading it. If you do go for a look, be sure and peruse some of his older blog posts as well. I've never met Ali, but I've met a couple of his brothers. Good people. Ali studies at St. Andrews.
The skewing of beauty video
I had a question flit through my mind a long while back as I was walking past some girls at my college. I thought, "Who are you trying to look like?" They all look so similar, and it seems that they are all trying to look like someone. It's not the copy-cat fashion girls who I have strong urges to go up to and tell, "You're really beautiful." And I do have random urges to do just that. Maybe I should act on it next time. I just don't want them to freak out. Yay for natural beauty.
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also a yay for people who are inwardly beautiful. I feel like this post puts an unfair bias on good-looking people.. so I may not keep it up for very long. People who aren't gifted with being stunning can still be extremely beautiful.
It pretty much depends on if you glow or not. I hope you know what I mean by glow. Like.. those people who may have crooked teeth (maybe even yellow *gasp*) and yet because they smile, it's great. Smiles are extremely beautiful, even toothy ones. I would look twice at a smiling girl in contrast to not giving a scowling "beauty" a second thought. And by look twice, i mean.. well, think to myself "who is that?" I don't want to come across too chauvenist.
yeah, this post won't be up for long unless my readership requests such. It's just not so solid. You know?
I think this is very solid. Beginning with Barbie, girls are told how they have to look to get a Ken.
Go ahead, tell someone they are beautiful, if they are. At Liz Ahern's wedding I was just sitting there, being happy and one of the servers, a lady in her forties, I think, stopped and looked at me and said, "Oh my, you are just beautiful!" I was so taken off guard, I am sure I blushed, and I didn't know what to say, but I will never forget it. I am not beautiful by billboard standards, but I am loved and I am happy, and I am glad if it shows. If it ever happens again I will say, "Thank you, how kind of you to say that! It must be because I am loved by God, my husband and my children."
A post is a post is a post. Leave it up. You might want to nix the part of the comment that says that is is not really a solid post.
An interesting idea I heard is that women aren't really dolling themselves up to be noticed by men. Instead, they are trying to out pretty each other. It's a competition thing, kinda like how some men try to out macho each other.
Umm... the wierd thing is that I just saw that video on YouTube and saved the link. I plan to use in class to discuss the visual manipulation that goes on in photography and popular aesthetics.
When I read your post, I was going to include the link for you to see. Hah. Crazy.
Great post Luke. How did you get to be such a wise and thoughtful guy? =)
I remember going into the gas station once and the guy behind the counter took my money and out of the blue he said "you have the prettiest smile!" He wasn't picking up on me just saying something really nice and it made my year.. I've had a couple of moments like that where it wasn't creepy just really refreshing.
"It's not the copy-cat fashion girls who I have strong urges to go up to and tell, "You're really beautiful." And I do have random urges to do just that. Maybe I should act on it next time. I just don't want them to freak out. Yay for natural beauty."
Do it!
I'll ask you about it in a little while to see if you did.
I'll do it too!
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