In a message dated 9/27/1999 5:47:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sentience@pobox.com writes:
<< I've also come to the same conclusion, from a completely different starting point - I observe that in most/many/all cases where there's a perception of "beauty", it seems to be involved in attracting mates - poetry (typical lovesick >>( snipety-snip)
You site a narrow definition of beauty. Especially the music industry and Madison Ave. would eagerly agree with that definition, for purposes of manipulation and acumulation of dollar signs... David Geffen knows only that type of beauty, I'd imagine...
Cultural memes differ.
Beauty to the Navajo is a sense of harmony, unity and peace with your
surroundings. Beauty in the sense of "being a part of" something , not
"feeling an attraction to" something.