Once upon a time, a wonderful anthropology professor
named Ruth Krulfeld, told her class a tale of her time doing field work.
She was living on an island where a sign of beauty in
women was a large gap where the front two teeth had been removed… Yikes!
Or so she thought on arrival to that island…
However, as time went by - yup - that gap was looking
better and better, until finally she decided to take the plunge! After all, we all want to be perceived as
beautiful...
Her field supervisor immediately ordered her back
home. She had obviously lost her
scientific detachment.
A rather extreme story, right?
But think about it.
How many of the ideals of beauty that we take for
granted would be seen as truly bizarre to that oft referenced space alien who suddenly
dropped into our culture?
Perhaps we need to re think our cultural absolutes?
After all, who determines what is beautiful?
(The message of this story was Dr. Krulfeld's, any mistakes in the
re-telling are mine!)
DANCE WITH IT! EXPERIENTIAL APPS
An opportunity to
experiment with some fun ideas...
Take a minute to
think of the beliefs and standards about beauty you take for granted:
*Shape of body or
face
*Skin color
*Height
*Age
*Style of dress…
And that's only a tiny
part of the things we are indoctrinated to see as cultural ideals…
Can you expand your
ideal of beauty?
As a fascinating experiment, imagine
seeing every person you come into contact with today as beautiful.
What happens as you experiment with this?
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