Wednesday in class we discussed the many differences in beauty and what kinds of different emotions they all exude. We all know that somethings people consider to be beautiful and others people do not, however did you ever think that they could both be beautiful, just possibly in their own way. Now I am not talking about when your mother or a family member says that, "you are beautiful in your own way" or something of that nature. I mean that one may be beautiful with regard to aesthetic value and the other may be beautiful with regard to actual beauty. An example that was used in class was consider a butterfly as i floats through the air on a warm summer day. As its wings flutter so effortlessly across the horizon it is the true essence of spring. Some would consider it to be a beautiful site to be seen. Now consider a painting of landscape of the Great Plains of North America. They depict the sun setting; appearing to be swallowed by the land. Some would consider that to be a beautiful painting. Now what is the difference? The painting expresses aesthetic beauty in the sense that it is created to give off the emotion and feelings that people feel when they see something beautiful. The butterfly represents natural beauty.
Now a question has risen, is it possible to feel aesthetic emotions from something other than art?
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