Wonderful, I love daffydils, we haven't any coming up yet at our place. Remember though; beauty has no real meaning, and ultimately vain, if it's simply, we have a biological response to it. You know, like bees, they love flowers; but it's nothing but practical to them. Of course, as always, I'm open to argument to this.
Peter, of course beauty has meaning...otherwise why would God create it? Now your point about a biological response is interesting. God created that too. It is interesting to dig below the surface of our initial physical responses and try to understand the foundation of the "Grand Design." Bees attraction to flowers happens in the ultra-violet frequencies and does benefit them if you think of the relationship between pollen and the different components of honey. Hmmm, I wonder if we can be attracted to the "beauty" in people for the different components of need in ourselves? Which then leads me to think that is what makes us different than the rest of creation. God says we were made in His image so we have the Spiritual component to help us to discern "true" beauty. Which means beauty has a great deal of meaning and can lead to another path besides vanity. Love ya, Gi
Seems to me that there is also a difference between natural beauty and artificially enhanced beauty. In people, just because someone wears makeup to enhance their natural features doesn't give them real beauty if they don't shine it out from the inside... and stuff like those implants people get is much the same... a person could spend a fortune on the plastic surgeon and still not be really beautiful.
In plants, it seems that the ones we fiddle around with and make incredibly delicately beautiful need us to stay alive and have little chance in nature without us... while there are many plants that are naturally incredibly delicate but grow in areas that either produce those features or support those features (whichever way you want to look at it).
The desert is beautiful, I don't understand people that think it's ugly. Forests are beautiful. The coast... nature in general is beautiful. We need the beauty of nature that was created, to make us feel small and remember we are small, and nature is where the foods that we now eat originally came from, no matter how far they are from their sources. So to is living a life as true as one can lead, striving always to follow the correct path.
Even thorns can be beautiful, but it requires a certain perspective to see that beauty.
The problem is discerning the two types of beauty, the real beauty and the false beauty.
Teresa brings up some really good points, especially about human beauty. The fact is, the way beauty is defined in Hollywood, can't be found in a retirement home. Yet some of those are the most beautiful humans you'll find. However, beauty, as Hollywood defines it, seems to have a purpose too, like the that intense feeling when first falling in love, but it's shallow, transient, until a more mature bonding takes place.
Then, as Teresa said, there's the thorn, it has beauty in design and function.
I have a friend who's an atheist, I once saw him weep over a beautiful sunset. I find this sad since the scripture says, 'Ps 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork".
Sad,(this is hard to explain)not just because it robs God of his glory, it does that. But, well....have you ever seen someone cry over something absolutely worthless? I once saw a video of a group of German people crying over the death of Hitler! Your right, there's little relationship between Hitler and a sunset. Only this, there was no redeeming value in the life of Hitler. His value was measured by a people who had, either no concept of right or wrong, or who were deceived. The only value he had, was in the foggy minds of his followers. If there is no God, then there is no ultimate standard by which we define beauty. Then the only value in the beauty of the sunset,is in our minds. How we measure, is either distorted, or we have been deceived. So, next time you see a "beautiful", scene, either give God the credit, or simply say, 'that sunset makes me feel good for some reason'. Personally, I'm glad we needn't be controlled by visceral feelings, otherwise we'd only behave like those in Hollywood.
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Beautiful!
Wow, a sure sign of spring. Very nice.
Jim
Wonderful, I love daffydils, we haven't any coming up yet at our place. Remember though; beauty has no real meaning, and ultimately vain, if it's simply, we have a biological response to it. You know, like bees, they love flowers; but it's nothing but practical to them. Of course, as always, I'm open to argument to this.
my mom loves daffydils.........I think of her every time i see them. Hi mom. lol
What a great photo! The spring time blooming in the middle of the old bare plants of winter. Thanks for the reminder.
Peter, of course beauty has meaning...otherwise why would God create it? Now your point about a biological response is interesting. God created that too. It is interesting to dig below the surface of our initial physical responses and try to understand the foundation of the "Grand Design." Bees attraction to flowers happens in the ultra-violet frequencies and does benefit them if you think of the relationship between pollen and the different components of honey. Hmmm, I wonder if we can be attracted to the "beauty" in people for the different components of need in ourselves? Which then leads me to think that is what makes us different than the rest of creation. God says we were made in His image so we have the Spiritual component to help us to discern "true" beauty. Which means beauty has a great deal of meaning and can lead to another path besides vanity. Love ya, Gi
Ahhhhhhh.... Big smile, I Love you to Lueria, and i do love those flowers Mom
Seems to me that there is also a difference between natural beauty and artificially enhanced beauty. In people, just because someone wears makeup to enhance their natural features doesn't give them real beauty if they don't shine it out from the inside... and stuff like those implants people get is much the same... a person could spend a fortune on the plastic surgeon and still not be really beautiful.
In plants, it seems that the ones we fiddle around with and make incredibly delicately beautiful need us to stay alive and have little chance in nature without us... while there are many plants that are naturally incredibly delicate but grow in areas that either produce those features or support those features (whichever way you want to look at it).
The desert is beautiful, I don't understand people that think it's ugly. Forests are beautiful. The coast... nature in general is beautiful. We need the beauty of nature that was created, to make us feel small and remember we are small, and nature is where the foods that we now eat originally came from, no matter how far they are from their sources. So to is living a life as true as one can lead, striving always to follow the correct path.
Even thorns can be beautiful, but it requires a certain perspective to see that beauty.
The problem is discerning the two types of beauty, the real beauty and the false beauty.
My grandpa always said, "If the barns needs painting, paint it!" =)
Teresa brings up some really good points, especially about human beauty. The fact is, the way beauty is defined in Hollywood, can't be found in a retirement home. Yet some of those are the most beautiful humans you'll find. However, beauty, as Hollywood defines it, seems to have a purpose too, like the that intense feeling when first falling in love, but it's shallow, transient, until a more mature bonding takes place.
Then, as Teresa said, there's the thorn, it has beauty in design and function.
I have a friend who's an atheist, I once saw him weep over a beautiful sunset. I find this sad since the scripture says, 'Ps 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork".
Sad,(this is hard to explain)not just because it robs God of his glory, it does that. But, well....have you ever seen someone cry over something absolutely worthless? I once saw a video of a group of German people crying over the death of Hitler! Your right, there's little relationship between Hitler and a sunset. Only this, there was no redeeming value in the life of Hitler. His value was measured by a people who had, either no concept of right or wrong, or who were deceived. The only value he had, was in the foggy minds of his followers. If there is no God, then there is no ultimate standard by which we define beauty. Then the only value in the beauty of the sunset,is in our minds. How we measure, is either distorted, or we have been deceived. So, next time you see a "beautiful", scene, either give God the credit, or simply say, 'that sunset makes me feel good for some reason'. Personally, I'm glad we needn't be controlled by visceral feelings, otherwise we'd only behave like those in Hollywood.
Sandi, who "needs" painting? You don't!
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