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A Thing of Beauty
“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion”
-Edgar Allen Poe-
Beauty encompass the normal vision that people have like a beautiful women, a field of flowers, sunrises and sunsets, the relaxing sounds of the ocean and so forth.
One can write libraries full of books about these beauties, but no one sees the exquisite beauty in ugly.
A thing of beauty can be deadly, dangerous and deceiving. Like a pretty rose, it is attractive and often pleasant to smell but it is surrounded by thorns which, when picked, causes pain. The fairytale Snow White depicts this fantastically. The most beautiful woman was the most evil. “Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes right to the bone” – Dorothy Parker.
All creatures were created by God and to him they were all beautiful, even the ones we regard as ugly. As Confucius said “Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it”
Animals that are hideously ugly, Blobfish, Aye-Aye, Naked Mole Rat, Horseshoe Bat, Spiders, Snakes, Vultures, Hyenas and many, many more are all there for a purpose. Spiders and Bats eat insects and that keeps their population under control. Snakes eat rodents. People think of Vultures and Hyenas as mangy, diseased and disgusting because they eat carrion. Yet that is what keeps the fields clean of diseases that would kill off the other animals
No matter how ugly someone or some animal may be, the babies of these are always beautiful, gorgeous and awe-inspiring, just think of a new born. You want to cuddle a Hyena pup or a Vulture chick because they are oh so cute and adorable even if their parents are repulsive.
Natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are ugly and heartbreaking occurrences but nature has a way of healing itself. Trees will grow again, plants will flower and humans and animals will procreate again and life will go on. Anne Frank once said “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy”
Death is also devastating and ugly,

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