Search for Beauty 2021

Intro To  understand beauty, one might try and find a definition. This exercise usually produces few fruits, as beauty is something to be experienced, not defined.  It is therefore crucial to investigate one’s own encounters  to  get a better grasp of the subject at hand.  By examining such experiences, one  is more able to  identify  the common threads throughout all encounters with the beautiful . Below, I describe three encounters with the  b eautiful.    Beauty in the Starry Sky   I  encountered  beauty one night as I sat outside in my backyard and gazed upon the starry sky. It was one of those nights when artificial light was dim, and  the  stars were  n umerous   and shined more brightly than ever.   Reflection   Within the first encounter, I felt myself starstruck. Time stood still and everything went quiet. It may sound strange, but as I looked upon the Heavens, I felt it staring ...

Make sure to start the blog with your name and the subject of the entry. Blog entries will be considered informal writing assignments and as such will be graded more in relation to content than style. Blog entries will contain questions and answers to questions, as well as reflections that relate to daily classroom discussions, completion of exercises, and reading assignments. Any questions the student has while reading or completing assignments should be written in their blog. Reflections may relate to connections the student makes between discussions in this class and those in other classes, between arguments raised in the readings in this class and those raised in other classes or from informal conversations. Students are encouraged to apply the ideas learned in this class to activities that take place outside of the class. These applications make great reflections. The student should bring questions from the blog to class and ask those questions that were raised in specific blog en...