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Beauty

The term Aesthetics means the study of Art, or beauty, what defines beauty and what art is, or isn’t. in the mind of a philosopher this is how we maintain a sense of wonder in this world. how we make the mundane into extraordinary. Life is made up of little love letters from a creator that cannot be explained but by his great gift that only humans unlike any other part of creation can accept; love. 

Aesthetics attempts to define the questions; what is art? what is beauty? what is the value in art or beauty? but the reality is that art isn’t definable. The Mona Lisa is thought by the majority to be one of the greatest pieces of art. Their reasons are the; bold lines, the light to dark ratio, the perfect symmetry, the simplicity, the focal points, etc. But on the other end of the spectrum, a child’s splash of color or his canvas, brings a euphoric love from the mother of that child. The painting is not easy on the eyes, there is no symmetry, no light to dark ratio, no ratio at all, seemly no thought into the painting at all. Yet this splash of color will be hung up on the fridge with the dignity and pride matching that of Michealangelo or Davinci. This is beautiful to the child’s mother. She marvels at it because of the feeling it evokes. It makes her feel loved and thought of and in every way cherished because this child did this for her. 

Then is the judge of art the “feeling” the artist captures and makes his audience feel? The expression of human emotion that the artist puts on a canvas or in a recording then defines the quality of the art. That feeling makes it beautiful? What then can be said for those that do not wish to feel emotions? or who’s emotions are so tainted by their circumstances that they overlook what the art is truly saying. Would this not cancel out any validation of defining art by emotion?

Maybe the definition of art and beauty is something more…spiritual, rather than intellectual. The defining characteristic of beauty is not what makes the eyes hunger for more, (many other things do that)  but what satisfies that feeling inside of us. some say that a musician has a feeling inside of him and the music that flows out is the understanding or misunderstanding of what they are feeling. Art is our expression of our feelings. Beauty and Good Art is that which satisfies our emotional spectrum. 

Beauty is not what pleases the eyes, but what captures the heart. 

(a glimpse into the philosophers mind)

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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with God. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.

Professor:
You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student:
Yes, sir.
Professor:
So, you believe in God?
Student:
Absolutely, sir.
Professor:
Is God good?
Student:
Sure.
Professor:
My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor:
You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student:
Yes.
Professor:
Is Satan good?
Student:
No.
Professor:
Where does Satan come from?
Student:
From.. God.
Professor:
That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student:
Yes.
Professor:
Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student:
Yes.
Professor:
So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor:
Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student:
Yes, sir.
Professor:
So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor:
Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student:
No, sir.
Professor:
Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student:
No, sir.
Professor:
Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student:
No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor:
Yet you still believe in Him?
Student:
Yes.
Professor:
According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student:
Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor:
Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student:
Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor:
Yes.
Student:
And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor:
Yes.
Student:
No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student:
Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student:
What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor:
Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student:
You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor:
So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student:
Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor:
Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student:
Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor:
If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student:
Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student:
Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student:
Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student:
Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor:
I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student:
That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
The student's name was Albert Einstein. Brilliant.
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