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How much would YOU pay for a well-painted portrait?

Synarch

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You may say that, however, beauty can only be but a perception. And thus, beauty cannot be indicated except within the perception of the individual. What you have given me as beauty is, in the end, a personal view.

The appreciation of beauty may be subjective, but the beauty itself is not.
 

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Some things are irreducible and do not lend themselves to analysis. But, I do believe beauty exists independent of the person experiencing it.
What you believe contradicts my own beliefs in which everything experienced is dependant on the perception of the person experiencing it. It's debatable.
 

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What you believe contradicts my own beliefs in which everything experienced is dependant on the perception of the person experiencing it. It's debatable.

It's the old "tree falling in the forest" debate. Does what we perceive exist independent of our perception? Or, in this case, is there some fundamental aspect of beauty that exists beyond subjective judgment?
 

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It's the old "tree falling in the forest" debate. Does what we perceive exist independent of our perception? Or, in this case, is there some fundamental aspect of beauty that exists beyond subjective judgment?
It may not be possible to ever really know.
 

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I don't think we know anything. That works for me. I suspect. I wonder. But, knowledge? That's like digging for gold, finding a few coins and stopping before you dig deeper and hit the mother-lode.
 
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