Blog #11 Austin Justice

As we continue to climb the ladder in a constant search for all of the answers, we may find ourselves overlooking the very fundamental necessities of existence. Furthermore, beauty in aesthetics remains relatively unexplained and unexplored. Even when beauty in aesthetics is the area of attention, the beauty of art tends to take on the majority of the focus, while the beauty of nature is predominantly ignored, philosophically-speaking. Although nature itself isn’t a manmade and mass-produced fabrication of our imaginations, in all reality, it is much more remarkable; art is designed to be beautiful, while the beauty in nature doesn’t derive itself from anything (it simply subsists as a testament to the mysteries of the world). Two philosophical conceptions of beauty eventually emerge in the field of philosophy. The first states that beauty exists in itself and is a mere manifestation of a higher power; the second states that beauty persists in the pleasure exhibited by us not gaining any actual advantage for the object itself. Foltz recognizes the perplexity and whimsical wonders behind the idea of beauty because it is also transcendent and Theophanous. The natural world is beautiful because it is not made in our own minds; rather, it continues to convey a sense of originality that artwork doesn’t retain. Due to the fact that natural beauty is definitely important in understanding the significance of nature, it is strange to see that the aesthetics of nature have also been avoided throughout the course of history. Finally, as the degradation of the natural environment continues, urgent causes for concerns have risen to the surface of mainstream society, as well as common culture.