"Beauty is a fragile gift" Ovid

The title quotation is meant as a humorous play on words. An egg does indeed make a fragile gift. (unless hard boiled, or better still a Faberge egg !)

But it does not really address Janets thought provoking and challenging theme of 'defining beauty'.

So my serious quotation is from the landscape artist John Constable

 

"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful." John Constable

 

Constables quote is a bit of a 'catch all' and I dont claim to have done justice to light shade and perspective.

 

I was tempted to feature a 'painted lady' butterfly (see my photostream) which most people will regard as beautiful. But decided to remain with the hens egg, even though as Confucius pointed out some will not see it as beautiful.

I think it is. There are eggs with a prettier colour or pattern. But a hens egg still shows a beauty of form, and is one of natures beautiful and practical designs. Wonder and beauty are close kin.

 

Please zoom in to better see the breathing pores and imperfections.And try not to think of them as ugly

 

 

Done