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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Beauty and Repulsion

What is beauty, and how can it be defined? I have began to realize that there are several different types of beauty. Beauty is natural. It comes from positive feelings we get when we find interest in features things have. On the other hand, there is a society driven beauty. This type of beauty tricks peoples mind into believing particular features are beautiful. I have very little interest in this type of beauty.





What is repulsion, and can it be defined? Like beauty, repulsion can also be explained by defining it. I have found that repulsion is something that makes people uncomfortable or uneasy. repulsion often comes from misunderstanding the things people find repulsive. Repulsion also comes from things that get in peoples way, and is a nuisance. Bugs may be repulsive because they get in our way. Vomit is repulsive because we can relate to the experience of vomiting. It is a nuisance.


If you were offended by this, don't worry, it wasn't used.



Don't worry, its just the outside of my elbow. SEE! Repulsion can be a misunderstanding.


These are non objective marks of beauty and repulsion. Beauty is on the top and repulsion is on the bottom.

Rapedius Rindfleisch is an artist whose work relates to my definitions of beauty and repulsion. This artist shows beauty through natural forms in installations. Nature is one of my main points that relate to beauty. At the same time, one of the installations created by the artist is similar to my idea and definition of repulsion. It is a tentacle-like structure which may be misunderstood and thought of as repulsive.