' Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder '

Beauty is a quality present in an object or a person that gives intense pleasure to the mind. The viewer tends to behold it again and again. His mind captures the beauty even when the object is not present. That which provides perceptual experience or pleasure can be qualified as beautiful. Beauty is an entity as being in harmony with nature or there is affirmation that it gives a meaning of good.

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. An object of beauty is anything that resonates or reveals a personal meaning. This becomes subjective. A good apple is perceived as more beautiful than a bruised one. People may be good but not beautiful or beautiful but not good. You don't love a woman because she is beautiful bur she is beautiful because you love her.

Religious and moral teachings often focus on the divinity and virtue of beauty and to assert that natural beauty is an aspect of spirituality and truth. It is beyond the interpretation of an individual. Natural beauty is merely a sensual delight - ' a thing of beauty is a joy for ever ' fits in here. Its loveliness increases, it will never pass into nothingness. We usually experience God in the awesome beauty of nature, or in the sublime beauty of music or a work of art, or in the intimate beauty of relationship with another, or in the peaceful beauty of silence and meditation.

We can always find connection between beauty and mathematics. The Divine Proportions or the Golden Ratio or Fibonacci series explain that objects which are proportional to the divine ratio are considered as beautiful. People whose facial feature are symmetrical and according to golden ratio are more attractive. Ancient Greek architecture , the pyramids in Egypt are found to have the divine proportions and attract tourists even today , as they are majestic in looks and pleasing to the eyes. As the golden ratio is found in the design and beauty of nature , it can also be used to achieve beauty and balance in the design of art. Leonardo used this principle extensively and " Mona Lisa', 'The Last Supper' are treasures for all time to come.

Large eyes and clear complexion are considered beautiful in men and women.Youthfulness is generally associated with beauty. But inner beauty is a concept used to describe positive aspects of something which are not observable physically. Good quality, kindness, intelligence, creativity, gratitude and the like fall in the line of inner beauty. Here beauty lies in the heart and not in the eye of the beholder. Small is also beautiful when you are able to observe it. The blemish less smile of a child and its tiny steps , the endless reflections between parallel mirrors, the ripples in a pool of water, the rain bough are beautiful to eyes, likewise melodies of music, bhajans are beautiful to the ears.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it is not beautiful. And very shortly, you discover that there is no reason. Everything has its beauty but not every one sees it.