Beauty...John Legend...Nobody in the World...he got it right!

One of John Legend's latest songs is beautiful.  The lyrics abandon all self preservation. They are a testament to his complete adoration, love, and conviction that "his love" is the most beautiful woman in the world.  Melodically lovely.  Still, it is similar to ballads by wonderful artists attached below.

"...guess you don't know that you're beautiful...you were fine in my eyes, a half hour ago...and if your mirror won't, make it any clearer, I'll be the one to let you know - out of all of the girls - you're my one and only girl - ain't nobody in the world tonight.  All  of the stars - you make them shine like they are ours ain't nobody in the world but you and I..."

Where his differs (surpasses!)...and I can't believe I'm saying this...is in the video.  IT IS AMAZING!  I am not sure if the director was female...it is hard to believe otherwise.  But, as Rosie noted, if it was a man...that's even better.  Never have I seen ALL the beautiful aspects of a woman's heart and soul captured...completely.  Age, weight, pregnancy, Down's, baldness, breast reconstruction, VITILIGO!!!, every color, every culture, all rites of passage...BEAUTIFUL...you'll see...

Nobody in the world...

And, yes, I have used a parked car's mirror to check my makeup and hair.  It takes skillz, y'all!!!  I always smile when I recall the first time B saw me put on lipstick with the help of the reflection of a car window in San Fran....sooooo many years ago!

So, running today, with the song and vision in my head...I kept thinking...what is beauty? Physical beauty is very simple....actually.  A bazillion scientific studies have been done.  It  is not a skin tone.  It is not an ethnic/racial bit of perfection. It is.........................symmetry!  That's all.  Yep.  I could even give you the dimensions!  They're published.  But, I won't!  Don't want you running to the mirror with a tape measure!  But, for all the studies and scientific data...that doesn't capture it REALLY...does it?  When you think about it....I'm sure you can think of physical specimens...humans you know...that in the completely aesthetic sense may be more appealing than those who hold your heart, who have your back, who make you laugh.  And that's just it, isn't it?  Beauty is appearance.  But, ever so much more.  It is a color. Cobalt blue.  It is a sound. Oh, so many.  A child's laugh.  A perfect trumpet.  A jazz sax.  A lover's voice. Laughter of the serious, with complete abandon.  It is a verse.  Mr. Cummings...the world does not often experience your like:

"(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands "

It is a touch.  The sticky fingers of a child.  The knowing pressure to the shoulders or arm from a friend.  The slobbery 'kiss' from a baby.  A slobbery kiss from a silly man.  The sensual, pressured kiss from a lover.  It is nature.  Fairy moss with a perfect mushroom.  The most beautiful rose.  The simplest violet.  The smell of a woodland glade.  The smell of the sea...a child asleep...your lover's breath.  It is anger.  In defiance of abuse, lack of justice, unwarranted power.  Anger that will explode in order to tell others....looking back with disgust, repeatedly, on  a plane...."It's not contagious!  You don't have to worry!  It's cancer!  Okay?"  It is a light from those willing to spread knowledge.  It is a special combo...within the special person...who holds your key.


Probably one of the most perfect love songs...by a man who could not see...
Jeff Healey Band, Angel Eyes

Chris De Burgh, Lady in Red

Look at the man in this video.  Is he "beautiful"?  Oh my goodness, listen....yes...he is!!!
Eric Clapton, Wonderful Tonight

Beauty is so much more than what we see.  We have to remember that.  Love and beauty - c