This May Be The Truth But Why Is It Ugly? I Think The Industry Is What It Ought To Be. Imagine 100 Pages
This may be the truth but why is it ugly? I think the industry is what it ought to be. Imagine 100 pages of a beauty and fashion magazine only showcase average-looking women like those random girls you see every day on your way to the office, would you be more interested in that *beauty and fashion* magazine? Some critic but they may forget humans have fantasy and are inspired by ideal selves. Every now and then we enjoy unrealistic things. The publishers just offer the mainstream what the mainstream want. Consumers have freedom of choice.
Some blame the industry for manipulating standards of beauty for women. This may be but "standards" change over time and lots of factors rather than just beauty and fashion industry contribute to forming such standards. Do you think with his proposed "ideal proportions" of human body (easily seen in the statue of Venus de Milo) Leonardo was also manipulating the standards of beauty for women?
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The wise delight in water; the benevolent delight in mountains. The wise take action; the benevolent remain still. The wise are joyful; the benevolent are long-lived. - “Trí giả nhạo thủy, nhân giả nhạo sơn. Trí giả động, nhân giả tĩnh. Trí giả lạc, nhân giả thọ.” - “知者乐水，仁者好山； 智者欲发，仁者静； 智者乐，仁者寿。
Confucius / Khổng Tử / 子曰
When you know illusion, you will immediately be free. Freedom from illusion is in itself enlightenment. - Tri huyễn tức ly. Ly huyễn tức giác.
Phật, Kinh Viên Giác (Buddha, The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment)
Biết nó là giả (huyễn) bèn ly cái khổ. Ly được cái huyễn tức là người giác ngộ.
Body artist paints a circle of life on her face, by Emma Allen. This is pretty much one of the core beliefs in Buddhism.
One fundamental belief of Buddhism is often referred to as reincarnation - the concept that people are reborn after dying. In fact, most individuals go through many cycles of birth, living, death and rebirth. A practicing Buddhist differentiates between the concepts of rebirth and reincarnation. In reincarnation, the individual may recur repeatedly. In rebirth, a person does not necessarily return to Earth as the same entity ever again. He compares it to a leaf growing on a tree. When the withering leaf falls off, a new leaf will eventually replace it. It is similar to the old leaf, but it is not identical to the original leaf.
After many such cycles, if a person releases their attachment to desire and the self, they can attain Nirvana. This is a state of liberation and freedom from suffering.
Source.
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. - Thức dậy miệng mỉm cười. Hăm bốn giờ tinh khôi. Xin nguyện sống trọn vẹn, Mắt thương nhìn cuộc đời.
Thich Nhat Hanh
“Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth.” — Albert Camus
