Original digital realistic art entitled “Beauty’s Isolating Curse” by: rob kistner © 7/18/23
F or many, beautiful of body, the unrest and vigilance of maintaining it is endless. Stopping is no option, for beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror. Always the fear of losing it, and the advantages of it, can often enslave the beautiful, in a consuming maintenance regimen.
Also the envy-fueled mistrust projected by others, can beget debilitating personal uncertainty, the fear of being seen as superficial. A possibility even worse, the imposter syndrome. In light of this scrutiny, feeling like a fraud, insecure about giving and receiving love, or the related underlying motivation.
Beauty brings advantage, but also elevated attention, stealing the safety of anonymity. Everything begins being measured and analyzed, including by the one possessing the beauty. Beauty can ignite the terror of feeling lost, lost in the uncertainty of one’s own life — genuinely terrifying. Therein lies the potential curse of beauty.
rob kistner © 7/11/23
Poetry at: dVerse