Beauty and ugliness

The process of "recognition" of the shape differs from our process of "perception" of this shape; the first is a short routine process, although necessary to understand external objects while we move in this world; it is a method similar to commercial work. As for the second, it is the opposite; because "perception" is activity related to aesthetic influence; when we truly delve into a form or an object and perceive it, something more and beyond recognition processes occurs. We "perceive" the relationships of the elements that make up this shape; because our own dynamic experience appears in it; the activity we are talking about is our activity, and the process of perceiving the shape is a revival of the kinetic and emotional experience from the past; our past. Perceiving beauty makes us realize that we are alive properly, for if we do not perceive beauty, we will not be truly alive, but only appear to be alive. Author: Vernon Lee, Clementina Anstruther-Thomson Pages: 546 Published by Jadal Publications