Siamanto Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 (edited) I understand what you're saying, at the same time I find her chest to look quite natural along with the curves of her hips and etc. I don't know I just find her to be eye catching most time I see her, and women of her "like" and "look" I find myself drawn the most to. I don't doubt that beauty is subjective, and Bellucci is a subject that I find fun to study. Amot to myself! style_images/master/snapback.png Sev-Mard, I understand you: she has enough character to inspire some of us! In any case, you should not be ashamed to pay tribute to Beauty; at the contrary! I always said: "I may not believe in a God, but I can adore a Goddess!" Beauty is also.. http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/behind-the-scenes/turedure-nikki/illust/inaka.jpg Sorry Armen you're right the topic did go a bit off track. I pick the above nker because I enjoyed the greenery of the Japanese country side while I was there. The ability to see the stunningly blue sky because of the lack of buildings and pollution was truly an enlightening experience of the constant cityscape of much of Southern California. style_images/master/snapback.png First of all, I would have called this thread "Inspiration" instead of "Beauty!" A personal choice, of course! "Inspiration" shifts the attention from the "object" to the "subject" and states clearly the subjective nature of the sentiment. Also, "inspiration" is more inclusive: I find the woman that Armat finds beautiful charming - not beautiful. Charming can also inspire us! Beauty "is??" "multidimensional" [i don't like the word "multidimensional"], multifaceted and has many appearances! Please allow to pay tribute to others from Japan who took the time to praise Beauty: 1- Tanizaki - In Praise of Shadows. http://vernacularbody.typepad.com/vernacul...aise_of_sh.html 2- Kenji Mizoguchi http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/dir.../mizoguchi.html Leo Ferre expressed it differently: "She was as beautiful as rebellion; we called her Imagination." (Elle etait belle comme la revolte, on l'appelait l'imagination.) Edited February 2, 2005 by Siamanto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Sev-Mard, I understand you: she has enough character to inspire some of us! In any case, you should not be ashamed to pay tribute to Beauty; at the contrary! I always said: "I may not believe in a God, but I can adore a Goddess!" First of all, I would have called this thread "Inspiration" instead of "Beauty!" A personal choice, of course! "Inspiration" shifts the attention from the "object" to the "subject" and states clearly the subjective nature of the sentiment. Also, "inspiration" is more inclusive: I find the woman that Armat finds beautiful charming - not beautiful. Charming can also inspire us! Beauty "is??" "multidimensional" [i don't like the word "multidimensional"], multifaceted and has many appearances! Please allow to pay tribute to others from Japan who took the time to praise Beauty: 1- Tanizaki - In Praise of Shadows. http://vernacularbody.typepad.com/vernacul...aise_of_sh.html 2- Kenji Mizoguchi http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/dir.../mizoguchi.html Leo Ferre expressed it differently: "She was as beautiful as rebellion; we called her Imagination." (Elle etait belle comme la revolte, on l'appelait l'imagination.) style_images/master/snapback.png You're cool Siamanto, I like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckBejug Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 (edited) I think that a lot of things can be beautiful. More beautiful than physical beauty, or any kind of beauty you can touch or feel, is beauty that can be found in words... Maybe because when you read something you see it in your imagination the way you might perceive it to be and it's like putting a personal touch to something beautiful that someone else has written.. In my opinion, the follwing passage is very beautiful. But I still wanted to believe what lovers believe: that the thing itself is better than any alternative, be it unrequited, or defeated, or insane. I wanted to cling to the image of love as the blending of spirits, as mélange, as the triumph of the impure, mongrel, conjoining best of us over what there is in us of the solitary, the isolated, the austere, the dogmatic, the pure; of love as democracy, as the victory of the no-man-is-an-island, two's-company Many over the clean, mean, apartheiding Ones. I tried to see lovelessness as arrogance, for who but the loveless could believe themselves complete, all-seeing, all-wise? To love is to lose omnipotence and omniscience. Ignorantly is how we all fall in love; for it is a kind of fall. Closing our eyes, we leap from that cliff in hope of a soft landing. Nor is it always soft; but still, I told myself, still, without that leap nobody comes to life. The leap itself is a birth, even when it ends in death... Salman Rushdie, The Moors Last Sigh, pg.289 Edited February 2, 2005 by Justlooking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 (since I can't post a live performance)style_images/master/snapback.png You can if it's yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 And I always thought she was anorexic. granted, she is relativelly thin and hasnt got the oversized breasts of Belluci - shes still pretty IMO, though prob not as pretty as she used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 You can if it's yours style_images/master/snapback.png No, that sonata is not in my repertoire (yet, hopefully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvestaked Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Beautiful is me and everything I create. Beautiful is also when people agree with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I agree with dusken Beautiful is what I made for dinner today. now I cant move I ate so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamanto Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 You're cool Siamanto, I like you. style_images/master/snapback.png Cool Like Dat! Thanks! That's warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nané Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamanto Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 (edited) sev-mart, Monica Bellucci looked ravishing during the 30th ceremonies of the Cesars. I should thank the black color of her dress that was magically concealig and "flattening" her excessively voluptuous figure. Will Smith who hugged her would attest to that. A fresh Will Smith who, unfulfilled with the two kisses impudently grabbed two more! While the Fresh Prince was delivering his speech - a mixture of humor and wisdom relating a conversation he had with Nelson Mandela - the camera a focused, on many occasions, on another lady who's face looked as if embellished and dignified by the expression of a stoic pride. I assumed she was his mother. A Mother witnessing with reserved Happiness a dream that probably many Black Mothers had; a serene Happiness that hides many pains and sufferings. Noble Beauty lit her kind, yet profound, eyes. For me, that was the Highlight of the show! Maybe it only existed for me; the proud and grateful descendant of a depossessed and abused Nation who struggled for my future and dreams; my dreams that are their achievements and my achievements that are their dreams. That was Beautiful! Edited February 28, 2005 by Siamanto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 sev-mart, Monica Bellucci looked ravishing during the 30th ceremonies of the Cesars. I should thank the black color of her dress that was magically concealig and "flattening" her excessively voluptuous figure. Will Smith who hugged her would attest to that. A fresh Will Smith who, unfulfilled with the two kisses impudently grabbed two more! While the Fresh Prince was delivering his speech - a mixture of humor and wisdom relating a conversation he had with Nelson Mandela - the camera a focused, on many occasions, on another lady who's face looked as if embellished and dignified by the expression of a stoic pride. I assumed she was his mother. A Mother witnessing with reserved Happiness a dream that probably many Black Mothers had; a serene Happiness that hides many pains and sufferings. Noble Beauty lit her kind, yet profound, eyes. For me, that was the Highlight of the show! Maybe it only existed for me; the proud and grateful descendant of a depossessed and abused Nation who struggled for my future and dreams; my dreams that are their achievements and my achievements that are their dreams. That was Beautiful! style_images/master/snapback.png Wow, what you wrote was beautiful. I could fee your sincerity and truth in your words. Nice. I'll response in more lengthy later, hima gordzumem vor.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 http://www.armnet.ru/girls_photo/nadia_k.jpg Nadia Miss Armenia, for July 2004! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armjan Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 (edited) http://www.armnet.ru/girls_photo/nadia_k.jpg Nadia Miss Armenia, for July 2004! style_images/master/snapback.png she's pretty, I wonder what August looks like didn't know miss armenia was decided every month Edited March 5, 2005 by armjan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eranosian Posted March 27, 2005 Report Share Posted March 27, 2005 This is beautiful for me ... Greetzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mica Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 When I saw this picture (I kept it long time) I was hooked! I mean hooked. She has everything what I think beautiful is. I know she does not look like a model! That’s the point ,unique captivating, mysterious, certain charm. I am not a pervert but beautiful woman do get my attention. style_images/master/snapback.png greaat!! my favourite style, u know some days ago I saw one girl at Cascade(she passed by me...) man she was sooo beautyfull I think it was godness Astghik who came to walk a lil bit on Earth...I still can't 4get that gurlll!!ohhh g2 go !!!cyaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 In addition to Aishwarya Rai, Kate Natua... And not necessarily the hard-body acts in Transporter II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hmm, must give it up to this dashing young man: http://www.williamsaroyansociety.org/images/sar1.jpg Makes you realize why he became so famous overnight.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hmm, must give it up to this dashing young man: http://www.williamsaroyansociety.org/images/sar1.jpg Makes you realize why he became so famous overnight.. Is that him posing for his myspace profile? See "Internet disease". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Is that him posing for his myspace profile? See "Internet disease". Actually, Saroyan went through a phase when he looked good from all angles. Even as an older man, though, there is something very good-looking about him. Or sexy, I should say. I think it's more in his personality, the sheer confidence. But then again, tastes differ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8850/greatest1vq4.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Actually, Saroyan went through a phase when he looked good from all angles. Even as an older man, though, there is something very good-looking about him. Or sexy, I should say. I think it's more in his personality, the sheer confidence. But then again, tastes differ. There will be a specific message that that 3/4 face view is meant to convey, particularly through the angle of the camera, and the direction of the sitter's eyes. For example, if the author wanted to be seen as being particularly visionary or futuristic in his thoughts and writings then perhaps his eyes might be looking upward slightly, and ahead. If he is a political leader then the camera might be looking up at him, emphasising physical stature to reflect his greater intellectual stature than mere mortals. Having no eye contact sugests remoteness and superiority and inscrutability. In that photo Saroyan is looking straight ahead but at something out of sight, and the camera is level with him but set at a lower height than would be usual for a face level portrait. So I suppose that is meant to suggest that the author examines and writes about contemporary things and lives, from the standpoint of the ordinary person, but that Saroyan is still of greater stature than those ordinary lives he writes about. Since I've never read any of his books, I don't know if that does reflect his work. Edited February 2, 2007 by neko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neko Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8850/greatest1vq4.jpg Sheep? Whatever takes your fancy, I suppose. As Nairi said, "tastes differ". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanVal Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I think the cable guy who came to my apartment last weekend was beautiful. I'm so glad he wasn't able to get the cable working then; that means he's coming by again this Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 I think the cable guy who came to my apartment last weekend was beautiful. I'm so glad he wasn't able to get the cable working then; that means he's coming by again this Saturday. Sounds like a "naughty"... BTW my 2 cents: Catherine Friggin Zeta Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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