Chapter Three

Today I've been surrounding myself with history, films and literature. So I've decided to keep today's post short and sweet by simply talking (or rather rambling) about beauty. Beauty which vanity demands, art interprets and age covets seems fantastical and even impossible to maintain. Its as if it is a mere idea breathing only in the inky pages of fairy tales, but not at all applicable to today's reality.

But what is beauty anyways? What tool or figure can strip it bare to its fundamental elements?

Perhaps this is the wrong question to ask. Perhaps the right question is "What is not beautiful?"

Divinity claims "I am who I am." And aren't we - all creatures great and small - made in the visage of the most divine?

Hence I am made, we are made, for the purpose of saying "I am who I am."I am beautiful because I am who I am; you are beautiful because you are who you are.

Should we be proud? Should we gloat? Should we ignore? The reaction or the way in which one condones God's gifts defines the magnitude of one's beauty. I wish to glorify His beauty through me since He has placed it in me. This is what I believe at least, what do you believe? What is beauty to you?

Anyways, those thoughts have just been weighing on my mind especially after reading and studying Jane Austen, listening to the "Pride and Prejudice" CD, flipping through "Photographs for the Tsar," and watching a romantic film on Queen Victoria's relationship with her husband, Albert. You can now see why I've decided to write about "what is beauty."

On a similar note, I was also able to go for a little walk in the woods today. I brought a camera and quickly shot this video...don't judge my vlogging abilities, its a bit rough I know.

Hope all is well with you
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