4/13/2009

People as love objects: In this world, many people objectify others (esp. love interests) based on factors other than who they are: social status, money, fame, etc. Beauty should not be about any of this - Laura says that it is about colors, lines, contours, visual concept. In "On Beauty", this is at war with objectified cultural beauty standards. In my opinion, beauty is something more, involving who a person is, more so than cultural expectations or Laura's lines, shapes, etc. Granted, I agree that a portion does involve the latter, but I think that someone's personality and how true they are to themselves creates a strong, vivid, undeniable beauty.