Here are some of my thoughts on the second of my Four Questions, "What is beauty?"
Beauty is something that is in our minds. It is an interpretation of reality. It is a kind of goodness, in that what we consider to be beautiful, we also consider to be good. Since human beings are created in the image of God, our concept of beauty is probably a reflection of what God considers to beautiful or good.
I have been trying to analyze what I consider to be beautiful, and trying to figure out what elements are part of what I consider to be beautiful. A primary element seems to be balance, but balance of what? Following is a list of things that come to mind.
Beauty is a balance between:
- order and variety
- cooperation and freedom
- unity and diversity
- independence and dependence
- expected and unexpected
- novel and familiar
- contrast and similarity
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