Dear anyone who has the pity to listen to my ramblings,
I've been told from a very young age that beauty is pain. And I understand the colloquialism fairly well, in it's intended sense. In order to be beautiful, one must be willing to endure, to suffer. One must put it above all else. However, I found another interpretation that set me uncomfortable for the past few days. I've been spinning upon it in my head and I think I've found what I've felt the need to voice.
And it all comes from my love of math. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a nerd
It's simple math, really. Basic geometry, basic core for T-chart proofs, etc. But it caught me when applied to real life principles. The mathematics principle I am referring to is that of the basic property of equality. If a=b, then b=a as well.
So if beauty=pain, then pain=beauty. And I found with it society's over-glorification of hardship, suffering. The romantic attraction that is viewed with disease or mental illness or tragedy. We love it. Society, as whole, loves tragedy. They love to spin catastrophe into opportunity, even though it rarely presents itself as such.
I don't think that beauty should have to be pain, or that pain should be beautiful. I believe they are not directly correlated, though I am forced to wander through the stories of anguish that are littered with silver lining. The silver lining does not exist. The silver lining is an extravagant excuse to romanticize agony.
Depression? Beautiful. Suicide? A painfully beautiful end. Cancer? A tragic fight. Unrequited love? A wonderful story.
Pain is not beautiful. Those who think that abrupt death is beautifully tragic have abruptly misconstrued perceptions of how emotions work. Somewhere, a mother is crying. Somewhere, a child wants to die. Somewhere, a family is mourning. It is not beautiful, it is horrible.
So I will end with a single thought.
Those of you who believe in the tragic beauty and painful attraction of living fast and dying young, and leaving a gorgeous corpse, have obviously not seen any beloved friends at room temperature lately.
And I am angry.
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