Your Daily Groove – Redefining Beauty

Posted by Steve McAllister on Feb 10, 2010 in Beauty, Other Stuff | 1 comment

“The perception of beauty is a moral test.” – Henry David Thoreau

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All too often our society’s standard of beauty is gauged by whatever can be held by the staples in the folds of a magazine. We now poison our faces and surgically enhance our bodies to fit the mold of what we are told is beautiful. Yet happy are those who can find beauty in the misshapen, the wrinkled, and the abnormal. What we find beautiful in nature is what stands out, what is different and exotic. What a different depiction we would have of ourselves if we could gauge ourselves by the same standard. It is a severe untruth that beauty is only skin deep. For it actually originates in our hearts and emanates outward. However, it is all too often shielded by vision that has been diminished and cannot fully contain it.

Steve McAllister  (360 Posts)

Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .