Blog #9 The Perception of Perfection

The perception of perfection is most often times when a person needs never to work for their looks or personality because it has been given to them naturally. To me, the idea of perfection is when a person can love who they are, what they represent, and how they treat others without question.  Perfection, more times than none, is about looks. If a person can wake up in the morning looking flawless and beautiful, or can just throw on any outfit and look amazing, well, I guess that’s perfection. But, if a person has to work for that flawless face and can’t just throw on any old outfit, then is that not perfection? I don’t believe that someone should work for hours on impressing people and looking flawless. I think people should be able to embrace who they are so that they can show off that “all natural” look that people strive to have.

            In my pictures I worked very hard to set up the worldly perception of perfection. On the left is the girl who owns a lot of makeup and doesn’t leave home without all of it packed on her face. Makeup is one of those things that girls feel like they need to wear, but a lot of times look better without. I, for one, wear makeup and personally, I feel prettier when I wear it. I’ve never viewed myself as a “flawless” and “perfect” person, but that doesn’t mean I think I’m not beautiful. I don’t want to sound immodest, but I believe that beauty can either be hidden or flaunted, and I chose to flaunt it. On the right is the girl who stresses over her looks and has yet to figure out what she’s going to wear to school. Why do people try so hard to impress people with their outfits? I mean yes, I go to school trying to look my best and to wear the outfits that make me feel pretty, but I still want to be comfortable! I REFUSE to wear anything I’m not comfortable in. But obviously, the girl in the picture is desperate to impress anyone, so she works for hours finding that perfect outfit when in the end she’s still unsatisfied with who she is. I know plenty of girls who think they aren’t pretty enough, or don’t have the personality to impress those around her, and I think it’s awful and unattractive! When a girl constantly complains about her looks and about what she doesn’t have, as opposed to what she does have, well let’s just say…that’s the girl on the right.

Perfection isn’t real. It doesn’t matter what people think about you, it matters what YOU think about you. If you let people push you around and make you feel like nothing, then you WILL feel like nothing. You have to be strong and keep your head high, because you are beautiful. People in the world view things different, people view perfection differently. It all depends on people’s perception of perfection.