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the beauty within us all
Happy
Babies are naturally attracted to happy faces. This is why when you smile they would smile too. They are natural reflectors of how you feel, and they help define what is beauty. When we are happy, our brain let off adrenalin, there is light in our eyes, we walk with vigor, and we have hope for living. When we are down, our eyes are naturally downcast, our face tense up, we slouch and our mind is elsewhere. We tend to wear darker colors too, so as not to bring attention to ourselves. Happy people attract others, while sad people tend to pull people away.
Babies are naturally attracted to happy faces. This is why when you smile they would smile too. They are natural reflectors of how you feel, and they help define what is beauty. When we are happy, our brain let off adrenalin, there is light in our eyes, we walk with vigor, and we have hope for living. When we are down, our eyes are naturally downcast, our face tense up, we slouch and our mind is elsewhere. We tend to wear darker colors too, so as not to bring attention to ourselves. Happy people attract others, while sad people tend to pull people away.
FALLEN ANGEL
Historical Views of Beauty
Judging beauty is deciding whether you want your kids to carry that person`s genes," says Texas University psychologist, Devendra Singh. (Newsweek, 1996). This brief explanation sums up the reason why we perceive beauty. Today, sexual selection may not be in the forefront of people and their perception of female beauty, but it was millions of years ago and this perception has evolved as greatly as one may think. One of the best indicators of a culture`s perception of an ideal female body may be their artwork. For example, in the Sandro Botticelli painting, in the 13th Century, the Birth of Venus, one can see the goddess of love, Venus, standing nude in a large clam. Her body is athletic and muscular. She has a smaller chest, and heavy hips and thighs. Her face has soft, round features, much like the rest of her body. She also seems to have an impossibly long neck and the slope of her shoulder seems a bit unrealistic. However, The Birth of Venus is still a classic example of how the perception of female beauty at a certain time in history can be ascertained by studying artwork.
take from http://beauty.indianetzone.com/1/historical_views_beauty.htm
take from http://beauty.indianetzone.com/1/historical_views_beauty.htm
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