I think the original is the most stunning.
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Yes. That. The US artist seems to have latched on the the beautiful -parts-, and chopped all the reality of the actual person out of it. Which really is a pretty good metaphor.
Put some damn clothes on! seems to be a refrain in some parts of the world. But itās too small a sample size.
I agree. I only included my edit (which I didnāt think she needed at all) because she was asking for regional ideas of beauty. I didnāt even make my edit match my taste in people (I like people to be unique). Instead, I tried to match the general āwest coastā interpretation of beauty.
And thatās not even counting the ideas of beauty from other worlds.
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Just two eyes?
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Actually I was referencing Twilight Zone, which insists that aliens should be hiding third eyes - but thatās OK. 
I was tempted to add antlers or gills.
Of course the unhomogenized original needs no āimprovementā.
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Not really the point of the experiment.
I liked the Spanish āafterā best: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/22/article-0-14A5FD74000005DC-559_634x965.jpg
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The āunhomogenized originalā solicited āimprovementā, in a sociological context, no less.
I did hope my use of the term ānew and improvedā would be an obvious fish-hook to allā¦
But now someoneās bit, this inspires a rant:
Iām sick of intelligent people tip-toeing around this crap, when the facts of the matter invite a different response.
There are three components to beauty; one, what happens to oneās perception of someone when in love, and anyone can be beautiful by this means. Two, the tastes and fashions of various cultures, societies, subcultures, kinks etc one might subscribe to.
The third is far less subjective because itās whatās left when you strip the above away; itās the set of characteristics evolution has honed us to look out for, like symmetry, clear skin, a certain hip-to-waist ratio and so onā¦ itās easy to photoshop almost anyone to be objectively more beautiful by this recipe. Objectively, in that if you were to perform surveys youād get reliable results.
I maintained a certain amount of asymmetry for the sake of realism, but look what happens if we simply drop a half-transparent mirrored layer on top, just a quick-and-dirty hack:
Sheās starting to look like somebodyās depiction of a goddess; this is an implausible degree of symmetry. Very few folks alive have such exquisite bone structureā¦ they generally get to have their choice of mate I suppose, but then their odds of turning out well are somewhat diminished from all the unearned approvalā¦ swings and roundabouts.
Itād be easier for the particularly attractive women to also be mensch, if society showed any interest in them beyond their decorative abilitiesā¦
Which brings me to my point: we shouldnāt be denying realities like an absolute component of beauty in fear of damaging little girls; we should do a hell of a lot more to follow through on the realisation that itās an unfair lottery, which cognitive biases confound. IOW, start giving girls something to aspire to beyond prettiness.
But Iām not gonna hold my breath, as long as societyās based on crass, heartless commercialism that gets its bread and butter by pressing our hindbrain buttons, and intelligent people continue to fail to identify the real problems. As with almost everything IMO, the biggest problem here is that our society isnāt run for our general benefit.
And it wonāt be, as long as we donāt take the reins.
@beschizza: This is the kind of talk I walk regarding feminism. Way too many me-toos in that arena, IMOā¦ donāt expect me to conform to a well-known type. (I suspect Rob has me down as a misogynist, based on one or two faulty cues)
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This mainly demonstrates that we Americans suck at photoshop.
The American response is ā¦interesting?
That you can seeā¦
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