Question One: Is beauty a property we believe is present within objects or one we assign to an object?
I was intrigued by the notion that we often say something is beautiful as if an object or scene possesses the quality of beauty. However there are situations in which we may look for beauty or may be convinced that to some degree an object or experience is beautiful. It seems similar to our working definitions of art, there are contexts in which we may not apply the term work of and others might. In the same way it seems that two observers could view a painting and one could state that it is beautiful and the other may disagree. I had always considered beauty to be a property which was recognized or discovered in an object or setting, but it seems that more often we apply the term beauty rather than find it. Questions and Comments always welcome so blog away.
I also agree that beauty is found when a person is convinced that it was given in a particular experience or object. This could be anything from a painting or a "work of" as you called it, but then extend to things such as a person describing a good moment with friends as beautiful. I think beauty is always discovered to some degree due to just the person's awareness of something, which can be triggered by a variety of stimuli. We would then be able to choose which of these experiences are beautiful based on our own perception.
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