Good art in cosmetic surgery

The results of cosmetic surgery should be beautiful and pleasing to everyone.

Art that is appreciated and loved is considered beautiful. What is beautiful is different in all forms of art such as  music, literature, sports and all forms of accomplishment. What is very much appreciated is defined as beautiful. 

To many men the greatest beauty is mostly a woman and not some inanimate object. To some it is understanding  or enlightenment or discovery as in science and exploration of the universe. For the sick and ill it is a cure and return of health that is most beautiful. Or someone caring. And many find greatest comfort, peace, truth and beauty in understanding, belief, faith and religion.

What is the place for art? Art is the search for and at times the finding of beauty in our lives. After the flowers have wilted and died the beauty that has been captured in art lives on. 

Astounding beauty of art, and a creation that is even more beautiful than actually exists is possible and can be the chosen goal of the art being performed.  Art can capture most of the beauty that lasts only a moment such as a bird in flight and preserve it.

Art becomes the ultimate of human civilization.  Culture and art are always closely related.  As the creator of art with the aim of truth and beauty there should be  no  limitation. 

Art transcends national boundaries it needs no translation to transcend languages, specific social customs and inter-human relationships created by geographical location and history — to make profound revelations about the universality of human nature. Beauty must please everyone. 

Martin Heidegger argued that human beings can never hope to understand why they are here; instead, each individual must choose a goal and follow it with passionate conviction, aware of the certainty of death and the ultimate meaninglessness of one's life.

Many choose for a goal the needs of others as did Mother Theresa. Some their own children. Or family. Or family members. Some their work or their art.

Art is intricate, incisive and difficult to grasp and yet it is pervasive, penetrates human perceptions and links man, the perceiving subject, to his own understanding of the world. Art is also magical for it allows communication between separate individuals, even if they are from different races and times. It is also in this way that the shared present time in the study and creation of art is connected to its eternal spiritual value.

Art transcends ideology, national boundaries and racial consciousness in the same way as the individual’s existence basically transcends this or that. This is because man’s existential condition is superior to any theories or speculations about life. Art is a universal observation on the dilemmas of human existence and nothing is taboo. Restrictions on art are always externally imposed: politics, society, ethics and customs set out to tailor art into decorations for their various frameworks.

However, art is neither an embellishment for authority or a socially fashionable item, it has its own criterion of merit: its aesthetic quality. An aesthetic intricately related to human feelings is the only indispensable criterion for works of art. Indeed, such judgments differ from person to person because the emotions are invariably that of different individuals. However such subjective aesthetic judgments do have universally recognized standards. The capacity for critical appreciation allows the viewer to more deeply experience the feeling and the beauty that the artist has infused into his work.

Feeling does not derive simply from the expression of emotions. Nevertheless unbridled egotism, a form of infantilism, is difficult to avoid in the early stages of artistic work. . Also, there are numerous levels of emotional expression and to reach higher levels requires cold detachment. Then as feelings of pain, hatred and abhorrence are aroused so too are feelings of concern and love for life.

An aesthetic based on human emotions does not become outdated even with the perennial changing of fashions in art. However results that fluctuate like fashions are premised on what is the latest: that is, whatever is new is good. This is a mechanism in general market movements and the cosmetic market is not exempted. But if the individual’s aesthetic judgment follows market movements it will mean the loss of natural beauty. Especially in popular adornments that can be disastrously permanent such as of tattoos .

The sort of art that has as its’ innate character the search for pure truth and beauty exists simply because humankind seeks a purely spiritual activity beyond the gratification of material desires.

If an artist devotes himself to this sort of art he will find it difficult to make a living. Hence it must be considered a luxury, a form of pure spiritual gratification. If this sort of art has the good fortune of being done and seen it is due to the efforts of the artist and perhaps his friends.

These artists live at the margins and seams of society, devoting themselves to this sort of spiritual activity for which at the time they did not hope for any recompense. They do seek social approval yet pursue the art that in the heart and soul they know is beautiful.

Our appreciation varies and differs on the basis of our knowledge and experiences. The same child who prefers the clown cartoon to a great masterpiece will change as in time becoming an artist or art expert he not only chooses the masterpiece, but values it a million fold over his previous choice.

Scientific and technological progress certainly does not imply that humankind as a result becomes more civilized.

The artist cannot fill the role of the Creator so there is no need for him to inflate his ego by thinking that he is God. This will not only bring about psychological dysfunction and turn him into a madman but will also transform the world into a hallucination .

The artist is also not a prophet. What is important is to live in the present, to stop being hoodwinked, to cast off delusions, to look clearly at this moment of time and at the same time to scrutinize the self.

Such is the inexplicable nature of humankind’s behavior, and man’s knowledge of his self is even harder to comprehend. Art is simply man focusing his gaze on his self and while he does a thread of consciousness which sheds light on this self begins to grow.

To subvert is not the aim of art, its value lies in discovering and revealing what is rarely known, little known, thought to be known but in fact not very well known of the truth of the human world. It would seem that truth is the unassailable and most basic quality of art.

The new century has already arrived. However the dilemmas of human existence have changed very little and will continue to be the eternal topic of art.

The artist seeks natural beauty and should strive to present that truth.

A favorite story of the bible is the good Samaritan. And yet he helps only one other. When Mother Theresa heard the question "What can I do?", she replied start with one. And only one work can be done for one person at a time. And with that one person the total concentration must be on that one, as though no other and nothing else exists nor ever will. There is no other consideration as important as the one work on the one person.

It is a artist’s insights in grasping truth and beauty that determine the quality of a work as much as the work itself. Indeed, there are numerous definitions of truth and how it is dealt with varies from person to person but it can be seen at a glance whether an artist is sincere and making a full and honest work.

However whether or not the artist achieves truth and beauty near perfection is not just an issue of creative methodology by the book or technique, it is closely linked to his attitude.

The essence of the striving for truth and beauty when the surgery is begun at the same time implies that one is still ever sincere after the surgery is done. Here truth and beauty are not simply an evaluation of art but at the same time have ethical connotations. It is not the artist’s duty to preach morality and while striving to portray various people in the world he also unscrupulously exposes him self, even the secrets of his inner mind. For the artist the truth and beauty of his work no only approximates ethics, it is the ultimate ethic of his work.

In the hands of a artist with a serious attitude to art even fabrications are premised on the portrayal of the truth of human life, and this has been the vital life force of works that have endured from ancient times to the present. It is precisely for this reason that Greek tragedy and Shakespeare will never become outdated.

Art does not simply make a replica of reality but penetrates the surface layers and reaches deep into the inner workings of reality; it removes false illusions, looks down from great heights at ordinary happenings, and with a broad perspective reveals happenings in their entirety.

Of course art also relies on the imagination, but this sort of journey in the mind is not just putting together a whole lot of rubbish. Imagination that is divorced from true feelings and fabrications that are divorced from the basis of life experiences can only end up insipid and weak, and works that fail to convince the artist himself will not be able to move viewers.

Indeed, art does not only rely on the experiences of ordinary life nor is the artist bound by what he has personally experienced. It is possible for the things heard and seen through a language carrier and the things related in the literary works of earlier writers all to be transformed into one’s own feelings. This too is the magic of the language of art.

As with a curse or a blessing art has the power to stir body and mind. Art lies in the presenter being able to convey his feelings to others. It is not some technique or new machine requiring nothing more than following a recipe. If the living person behind art is forgotten, results easily turn into games of the intellect.

Art is not merely concepts and the carrier of concepts, it simultaneously activates the feelings and the senses and this is why signs and signals cannot replace the art of living people.

The human need for beauty is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and affirming a person’s existence.

Borrowing from Descartes, it could be said of the artist: I create and therefore I am.

Cosmetic work has not and will not come to an end and there is no substance to flippant announcements of the death of certain genres of literature or art.

Born at the start of human civilization, like life, art is full of wonders and its expressive capacity is limitless. It is the work of the artist to discover and develop the latent potential inherent in the search for natural beauty.

The surgeon artist is not the Creator and he cannot make the whole of what one might want. He also cannot establish some new ideal world even if the present world is absurd and beyond human comprehension. However he can certainly make innovative improvements.

Art is only actualized and of interest at that moment in time when the artist creates it and the viewer absorbs it. Unless it is pretense, to work for the far future only deludes oneself and others as well. Art is for the living and moreover affirms the present of the living. It is this eternal present and this confirmation of individual life that is the absolute reason why art is art if one insists on seeking a reason for this huge thing that exists of itself.

When art and search for eternal beauty is not a livelihood or when one is so engrossed in the work that one forgets why one is working and for whom one is working it becomes a necessity and one will work compulsively and give birth to beauty. It is this non-utilitarian aspect of art that is fundamental to art. That the work for beauty is a profession practiced for material gain is an unattractive outcome of the division of labor in modern society and a very bitter fruit for the artist.

This is especially the case in the present age where the market economy has become pervasive and advertisements have also become commodities. Everywhere there are huge undiscriminating markets and not just individual artists but even the societies are changed by it.

If the artist does not bend to the pressures of the market and refuses to stoop to manufacturing cultural products by working to satisfy the tastes of fashions and trends, he must make a living by some other means. Art is not a high priced painting, best-selling book, a successful movie or a book on a ranked list. And artists promoted on television are engaged in advertising rather than in working. 

Freedom is not conferred and cannot be purchased but comes from an inner need in the artist. Freedom is in the heart and one may choose it. If one exchanges freedom for something else such as coins or notoriety, then the bird that is freedom will fly off, for this is the cost of freedom.

The artist seeks truth and beauty without concern for recompense not only to affirm him self but also to challenge society. This challenge is not pretense and the artist has no need to inflate his ego by becoming a hero or a fighter. The only contest of the artist is within himself. His next must be better than his last or he is not learning. He wants to create beauty that is astounding. 

It is only when the feelings of the artist as an individual are dispersed in a work that his feelings will withstand the ravages of time and continue to live.. The search for perfect beauty is something worth living for.

In the search for and creation of beauty there is the opportunity to leave the world a better place to live in, to serve others, to be kind and charitable by creating beauty for others. These activities are right and good and have provided life meaning for many humans.

Creating beauty for others in life is meaningful.  To create something new, something that rings with beauty and harmony is a powerful antidote to a sense of meaninglessness. The creation of beauty justifies itself  It defies the question, Why? It is it’s own reason for being.

In our work we search to create beauty in order to improve the condition of the world. We seek, find and create beauty, not for its own sake, but for the enhancement of the lives of others.

It is actually not the challenge of the artist to society but rather the challenge of his works. An enduring work is of course a powerful response to the times and society of the artist. It is not the creation of the person that can last forever but the image. The clamor of the artist and his actions may have vanished but as long as there are those who see and appreciate, his works continue to live.

Indeed such a small challenge like a seed cannot change society. It is merely an individual aspiring to transcend the limitations of the past and taking a very inconspicuous stance. However this is by no means an ordinary stance for it is one that takes pride in being human. It would be sad if human history is only manipulated by the unknowable laws and moves blindly with the current so that the different voices of individuals cannot be heard. It is in this sense that art fills in the gaps of history. When the great laws of history are not used to explain humankind it will be possible for people to leave behind their own voices of creative expression in art.