WHat do YOU find beautiful?
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The dictionary defines beauty as 'the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest)'.
Things that give intense pleasure and deep satisfaction to my mind are as follows :-
My family (not the tv show) including my amazing dogs.
The sound of the sea lapping against Chesil Beach.
The paintings of Edward Hopper, especially Nighthawks.
Approaching Smugglers Cove in Zante by boat early in the morning before all the crowds arrive.
The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier.
The prose of certain authors.
The smell of bacon cooking and bread baking.
Curves.
The roar of Porsche Carrera GT V10
This is just a short selection of what i find beautiful. I'm sure more examples will come to me if this thread progresses. Just writing those things down has made me feel better.
Go on, give it a go, tell me what pleases your mind.
Things that give intense pleasure and deep satisfaction to my mind are as follows :-
My family (not the tv show) including my amazing dogs.
The sound of the sea lapping against Chesil Beach.
The paintings of Edward Hopper, especially Nighthawks.
Approaching Smugglers Cove in Zante by boat early in the morning before all the crowds arrive.
The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier.
The prose of certain authors.
The smell of bacon cooking and bread baking.
Curves.
The roar of Porsche Carrera GT V10
This is just a short selection of what i find beautiful. I'm sure more examples will come to me if this thread progresses. Just writing those things down has made me feel better.
Go on, give it a go, tell me what pleases your mind.
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My daughter
Kobe Bryant
The sound of F1 cars whizzing around a track
Particularly from an out-of-town, dark rural location.
The smell of a new book.
Honesty.
Peonys.
Pre-Raphalite paintings.
And
Tim Minchin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robert Downey Jnr......:p
Absolutely. I love gazing up at the night sky, so mesmerising and full of wonder.
Gothic cathedrals that were built long before any modern machinery (Notre-Dame de Paris, Chartre Cathedral etc.) I also find religious stained glass windows very ethereal and I'm not even a religious person.
A room lit only by candles.
The sound of the wind and rain against windows.
Pretty typical stuff.
A nice clear, sunny day.
Listening to birds singing,
the sound of children laughing and playing,
looking out of the window at fresh snow that hasn't been touched and then walking along under trees covered in it, best at night.
The sound of Christmas carol's and sound of Church Bells.
A drive through country lanes on a warm Summer's day
pink sunrise or sunset
full moon on a clear night
The sight of my son asleep.
Various pieces of art, my all time favourite being Picasso's Blue Nude which I was incredibly lucky to see in reality when it was on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris back in the 1980s.
The landscape around where I live in Yorkshire, the mountains and glens of Scotland, especially Glencoe.
The bleakness of the Pennines, stark and brooding especially in winter.
A piece of beautiful music, John Williams' Sayuri's Theme from the Memoirs of a Geisha soundtrack just speaks to me, I think it's the soulful mixture of the cello and violin together.
A good book, no matter what the subject, something which makes me think and question or which just entertains and amuses me.
Beautiful men
A plate of good food in a restaurant surrounded by family and friends.
A roaring coal or log fire when it's snowing outside and it's dark and quiet and you can just hear the crackling of the flames.
There's probably loads more things but those off the top of my head.
I required a haven. A sanctuary of the beautiful where, from time to time, i will retreat to drink in all the images that the various posts portray.
I can feel the warmth from elliecat's post already.
And of course coral reefs
lol....:D
In all seriousness, a perfectly formed and pert pair of knockers are a sight to behold.
The Grand Canyon, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Niagara Falls, and a finely-formed pair of breasts. All things of real beauty.
Alpacas. http://www.oldstonevets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/alpaca01.jpg
Thrift. http://www.suedalyproductions.com/images/Wildflowers/Thrift%20at%20Grosnez.JPG
Les Tres Riches heures du duc de Berry: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_novembre.jpg
Mercedes Cars - the body & shape of them.....
Green parts of Britain & Ireland on a bright sunny day.
A clear starry sky during a full moon.
Sunrise and sunset in midsummer.
A very sandy rural beach.
Love and kindness from one human being to another.
Quite a lot of music - too much to list here.
A good curry.
A bag of freshly cooked chips drowning in vinegar.
A freezing cold white wine/cava/champagne glass, especially on a hot day.
My mum and support of my family.
The two beardy dudes from Foals
The naked erect member of the man you love - sorry, but I had to say it.
An astronaut described seeing the earth from the moon as the most beautiful thing he'll ever see. I don't doubt him.