Beauty transcends time. Why do people seek beauty?
Why do people seek beauty?
If it's just to survive, beauty isn't necessary.
If it's just to tell time, one clock is enough.
Clothes only need to protect the body.
A house only needs to provide shelter from the elements.
Yet, people pause at beautiful architecture, gaze at beautiful paintings, and wish to have beautiful things close at hand.
Why is that?
There is certainly something to beauty.
Though unseen, it has the power to gently move people's hearts and be passed down through generations.
In ancient Greece, beauty was considered to be "harmony."
Well-proportioned ratios.
Form without waste.
The natural connection between material and purpose.
When these come together, people perceive beauty.
Harmony is peace.
It is not about one thing dominating, but each complementing the others, creating a single beauty.
Perhaps that is why our hearts become calm when we encounter things that are in harmony.
Even as times change, beautiful things remain constant.
Trends come and go.
Values also change.
Yet, there are things that continue to fascinate people over decades, over centuries.
This is because they were not made to suit the times, but rather to align with the essence of humanity.
Beauty is not luxury.
Nor is it about being expensive.
It is a philosophy refined over a long time, it is serenity, it is harmony.
There is a reason for beauty.
That is why it does not fade even across generations.
Perhaps we don't want to possess beautiful things; rather, we seek to enrich our own hearts by experiencing their beauty.
That is why, even today, people continue to search for beautiful things.
