Confession of the Day

I absolutely despise it when people say that they hate cats. What got me to write this was a tweet that I came across that with the hashtag #hatecats. I am a "cat person" and I love cats just love them. My sister Yashmita says she thinks there's a gene for people who either hate or love cats , there is no inbetween. My husband says he hates cats but he doesn't really (I know this!). That's it for my little rant.

So what is beauty anyway ? Part Deux



In the eye of the beholder?

We're still exploring the idea of beauty and trying to define it.

It's not proving to be easy.It's like asking someone to define "cat".

Yes we may alll know what a cat is but what words would you use to define (not describe) one.

You'll find many 'definitions" of cat :

Feline mammal usually having thick,soft fur and no ability to roar ( I mean this could even describe a Furby or those Ewoks from Star Wars).

Computerized Axial Tomography

A small domesticated carnivore

A jazz devotee

A spiteful woman



That's what Google brings up. Don't judge me - I'm too snug and lazy to get out the dictionary and look it up. So if you didn't know what a cat was until now  . . . you still won"t know.

So where was I? Cats and beauty , cats and beauty , cats and beauty . . . why have I digressed so horribly?

Let's get back to this beauty thing - so what makes us beautiful or "attractive" (beauty and attractiveness - I feel that there is a distinct difference but more on that later). Instinctively we can deem something attractive or not attractive. It's there, ingrained our conciousness and deeply etched into our brains ( the fusiform area of our brains to be precise - I kid you not).

In my mind , I've marked the parameters of "beauty". That doesn't mean my idea of beauty and your idea of beauty match up. It doesn"t have. I want to know . . . what's your idea of it? Do you think you're beautiful - why or why not?