What is Beauty?

"Beauty is not real.  Beauty only exists in perception"

 It makes sense. Our brain is responsible for controling what we see.  Visual perception begins as soon as the eye focuses light onto the retina.  Then, cells convert light into signals and send them through our optic nerve to the brain to be interpreted and processed.  Our brain then judges what is before us.   Few have the ability to see clearly what is before them.   Despite our loved ones having good intentions in our upbringing, we were no doubt influenced by their opinions.  I'd like to not say corrupting our minds, but in a way, yes.  With both good and bad.  Unless we have had a completely isolated existence, there is no way that all of our opinions materialized on their own.  Prejudices were in turn formed, becoming spots and scratches on our "lenses," so to speak. Then, as we grow up we have to deal with an even more distructive influence, society.  It's like someone is sent around to try to chisel patterns onto each and every single person's lenses, so that we all see things exactly the same.   The amount of damage varies, but few get away completely unscathed.

It doesn't mean we cannot change or make repairs to our spectacles.  We can become conscious of this flaw within us and begin to see all people as beautiful.  Every color, scar, freckle, shape, age and size.    Who decided what is beautiful anyways?  If someone makes you feel good, isn't that beautiful?