I have been wondering in my mind for quite a while now ...
Perhaps more specifically here than in any other group, we seem to be
somewhat fixated on the idea of the "beauty" of boys. But I wonder if
we are really being fair here. After all, "beauty" in many senses is
such a wholly subjective matter, different for each of us to his or
her own tastes.
I guess my concern is that there might be boys who stumble onto this
group and see the pictures and expressions of adoration we make to the
beauty of the boys here and find themselves ... wanting ... in those
qualities that they believe we are praising.
There is no denying that some boys are prettier than other boys ...
again, depending on the eyes of the individual beholders. And yet,
there is something undeniably beautiful about a boy -- that just
doesn't have anything to do with physical appearance. I don't think
that I'm alone in having this experience and knowledge.
What I really think I want and need for any boys who stumble upon this
place to know and understand is that they are beautiful even if they
can't see it, even if they think the boys whose pictures we post here
are "prettier" than they are. In my eyes, every boy is beautiful and
dear and more precious than anything else in this entire little
universe of ours.
Idiots pay thousands of dollars to eat black, salty fish eggs with
cream cheese and glorified toast while drinking fizzy grape juice that
has basically gone bad. I swear I saw an ad for canned SOS at the rate
of about $25 for 2 14oz cans -- SOS! [That's shit-on-a-shingle for
those of you who are too young to know the reference and it refers to
cream-chipped beef gravy served on toast; never mind the fact that I
could make 10 times that much for that price and make it taste great
as opposed to the way it tasted to the millions of armed forces
personnel who have stomached it over the years -- read: we can make it
cheap, so give it to the army!] And now you, too, can pay a fortune
for it in a nostalgia catalogue! But I've never seen anything approach
the worth of seeing a boy smile at you.
Lets just never lose the spirit of understanding that no matter what a
boy might look like -- he's still the most beautiful thing you're
likely to see ... until you see the next one.
-- foremerly 4s00th@hushmail.com
Sorry my email is temporary down.
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