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Perceptions and Beauty


There are many different perceptives a person can take. There are many different ways an observer can view things. However, if these issues are viewed in the wrong manner, it may lead to undesirable outcomes. Jealousy, hate, anger, sadness... The list goes on. In today's society, one of these problems would be related to love. Lets make up and analogy - If Mary and Tom are really close friends and they do things together all the time, George(Mary's boyfriend and Tom's friend) may be unhappy if things are not interpreted correctly. Thus leading to jealousy. It is very common nowadays. It is funny that human nature allow us to think differently and come up with out with our own perceptions. Is our mind that complex till the point that we are unable to solve a fundamental problem? Will we, as human, eventually solve the mystery of our mind? Are psychologists able to solve these heterogeneous puzzles and crack the nut? The mind is so intricate, delicate. Hard to understand, easy to destroy. However, it is good that the mind is limitless without boundaries. If it is limited? Wouldn't it stifle our creativity? Will I be able to be sitting infront of my computer to type this or will I be penning my thoughts down?

-One man's meat is another man's poison-
Thank god it's true or everyone will be single, leaving the world with a single couple. As i was shopping for my graduation night, it dawned upon me the importance of beauty. First impressions usually last the longest and what are first impressions usually made of? Looks. To look presentable is one thing, to be good looking is another. Everybody wants to be good looking, hence the "beauty industry" is thriving. Plastice surgery, make-up, slimming pills, bust enlargement programmes, designer brand clothing, etc. How much will one pay for beauty? As i pass by shops and shops of Prada and Gucci, i noticed that prices are casted at exorbitant rates. A simple Paul Smith T-shirt cost about a few hundred dollars. Now, these leads to my next question. How do you define beauty? Through the design you wear or the brand you wear? Will you buy a $3 t-shirt at Tiong Bahru Market and fluant about it? I don't think so. By wearing designer brands, we are trying to create an image for ourselves. A person with class? A person with riches? It brings back the point on perceptions. Why do we have to judge someone through what they are wearing? This creates self-consciousness and not just simply vainity issue. Self-consciousness will ultimately lead to the destruction of humans. It is a very simple, but vicious cycle. For example, someone starts a trend. People start to be more aware about looks. They start to out-do each other. "How will I look better than the other person? Ahh! plastic surgery! AHH expensive clothes!" Soon more and more will be spent. With simple economics law of demand and supply, with increasing demand and constant supply, prices will inevitable increase, making simple looking clothes into velvet clothes the Gods wear just because of the prices. So can we pay for beauty? I don't think so. It is ironic for me to say this though because i did spend alot of money today and wondering - is it all worth it? Does anyone not see inner beauty anymore(not that i have any though)? Well.. this is a question most blind people can answer but not myopic people like us. We are too concern for material gains and hope that through these materialistic value of our wear can actually bring about non-material gains such as love and true emotions. Are we truely happy then? One man's meat is another man's poison - it doesn't matter if u are short or tall, green or black hair, sick or healthy, spectacles or contacts, everyone will have someone. It may not be now, but it also doesn't mean never. Just try not to be obsessed over looks and disregard what is much more important. It is something hidden in the heart, it is feelings.

-Beauty is in the eye of the beholder-