Tuesday, November 27, 2007

November 27

1. What is so beautiful about youth?

By asking this it sounds like youth is better than middle-aged, old, etc which I think neither is better than the other. Although some people are just better than other people in different ways. Honestly, youth we don't know how to act or deal with anything more than half the time, and we are highly dependent. (I can say this, I'm 14.) I sort of don't see what is so beautiful about us.

Since I have to answer the question as goes the following:
Our thought process and what comes out, I wouldn't say beautiful because it is often times annoying but it sure as damn is interesting. When you ask a question to someone and the younger they are in their state of mind, the more blunt and less influenced it will be. I find the less influenced it will be part to be the most beautiful. It's hard to find someone who isn't saying something biast, influenced, or limited by circumstance. Our answers aren't influenced because we're innocent but because we haven't really learned to care. We can say something as simple as "love is a husband and wife who like eachother very much" or something as ridiculous as "love is lust." You'll never know what we are capable of, or which kind of us you have. Ignorance is bliss, but it isn't beautiful.


2. We know what "perfect" most likely means to Socrates by looking at ancient Greek sculpture and art and drawing inferences, but he doesn't describe this "perfect" human form. What are your thoughts on the idea of a "perfect" human form today? What is it in your culture for men? women? What are your thoughts surrounding those ideals?

PERFECTION DOES NOT EXIST, we can't even say we're close. This is so because there is not one person that is perfect, there are no standards what so ever, only what we and society puts on us which we don't even need to abide by. Have you noticed how the "pretty people" are always so confident it's not because they were born to be pretty, it's because they believed they were and made themselves fit into whatever they think is beautiful.

3 comments:

Dillan said...

bashley, i strongly agree with the point that you made about how most of the voice that we have is somewhat biast and often times racial and segrigated. However i think that childhood is a time to make mistakes and learn from them kids voices aren't always heard and i think you have an interesting point of view.

Dillan said...

wow there was a lot of grammar and punctuation errors sorry.

Kathleen said...

Ashley,
I'm slightly confused about your blog, because I can see through your writing that you know some of the aspects of what makes youth beautiful, yet you don't "see" what is so beautiful about it. I believe that even though you may not realize it, I think you captured what makes youth beautiful. Like you, I believe that the innocence and purity that youthfulness possesses is what makes them beautiful. Like you said, "Our answers aren't influenced because we're innocent but because we haven't really learned to care." I find this statement to very true about people of young age. What makes youth seem so wonderful is because of our attitude and state of mind. We don't care yet what others say and we have yet to be completely swayed by society.