http://thewhiskeydregs.com/2009/07/08/the-merits-of-deconstructing-human-sexuality-by-carlos-detres/ Tue, 08 May 2012 03:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thewhiskeydregs.com/2009/07/08/the-merits-of-deconstructing-human-sexuality-by-carlos-detres/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Carlos Detres Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:25:01 +0000 http://thewhiskeydregs.com/?p=1552#comment-313 Yes, absolutely. I also believe that we innately (biologically) repel undesirable forms but we fortunately are born with complex brains that enable us to make a decision of what beauty is instead of discriminating against everything that is not pretty. Perhaps it's idealistic but it's my rebellion against genetically processed reactions to beauty. I want to love everything for what it is. Does that make sense? Yes, absolutely. I also believe that we innately (biologically) repel undesirable forms but we fortunately are born with complex brains that enable us to make a decision of what beauty is instead of discriminating against everything that is not pretty. Perhaps it’s idealistic but it’s my rebellion against genetically processed reactions to beauty. I want to love everything for what it is. Does that make sense?

]]> http://thewhiskeydregs.com/2009/07/08/the-merits-of-deconstructing-human-sexuality-by-carlos-detres/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Lynsey Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:10:14 +0000 http://thewhiskeydregs.com/?p=1552#comment-312 But, don't you think there's a purely aesthetic value to what we consider beautiful, as well? A Platonic ideal of beautiful form? Or do you think our ideals of beauty are also informed by our knowledge of the ugliness within ourselves, and hence a visceral reaction against it? But, don’t you think there’s a purely aesthetic value to what we consider beautiful, as well? A Platonic ideal of beautiful form? Or do you think our ideals of beauty are also informed by our knowledge of the ugliness within ourselves, and hence a visceral reaction against it?

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