Why are we concerned about the change in appearance over time.
I chose to alter my question quite a bit because after spending a good long while trying to find something that relates to my original Big Question, I came across this sonnet by Shakespeare that got me thinking about my new big question.
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
This is very relatable to today because we a people have focused on outer beauty instead of the inner beauty. It also shows that even after centuries that humans still have not changed views on wanting outer beauty and don't really care for inner beauty.
Credit to http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/29 for helping me find this Shakespearean sonnet.
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