I’ve been thinking about the concept of vanity a lot lately. It’s a term that usually takes a negative connotation but for me it all depends on your point. We are all vain. Some people more so than others but we are all vain…But if it’s just caring about how you look why consider it vanity rather than just looking good?
The World…As I See It: Alas, An Idol I Am Not
I love music. Nothing moves me as much as sounds. Words alone have minimal power. And while images can be beautiful, nothing can twist or fill my heart as much as a good song.
Eye of the Beholder: Vanity of Sight
As hormones started to kick in and the pretty girls were identified (for at least the next 10 years), being scrawny and boyish was bad enough. But I had to wear these thick plastic glasses too?! They were just setting me up for social failure. Beauties never wear glasses. You don’t see singers, actresses or models with glasses unless they’re playing the part of the nerdy and the less attractive. Glasses were like having braces, being flat-chested and having short hair. You just didn’t want that. Glasses did not equal attractive.
