Hidden Beauty Research Articles

The Two Narrators of Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You

Abstract: Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You presents two different conceptions of beauty: morally inflected or purely aesthetic. Alice's interest in moral beauty leads her to an unorthodox faith in the Christian God, while Eileen, unable to believe in a God that unifies the good, the true, and the beautiful or accept Christ as the Word-made-flesh, looks for beauty in the world around her. Rooney crafts a narratological analogue for this way of seeing, a beautiful narrator that models looking past the mundane to see the hidden beauty in daily life.

Embrace through the universe: Sound design with cosmic muons and the parameters of solar wind

Although humans are destined to live in a world of chaos, there is also hidden beauty within it. Analogically, this implies that there can be a creative way of living through the exploration of the unknown. Considering humans are part of the dynamism of the whole universe that consists of matter and energy, what would it be like if they could feel being embraced through the universe? Having continuous dialogues with the organizer throughout the planning phase, an artistic performance with the sounds of the universe is presented at the cultural event Connected Ink 2021 in Tokyo. This performance is entitled Life, the Universe and Everything in homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. In this paper, the background, concepts, physics, sound design, and the process and result of the project are discussed in collaboration with artists, sound designers, and experimental physicists. Regarding the sound design, it had been developed, in part, based on what the authors have shown through the preliminary sound the installation: Particle Post – Letters from the Universe in 2019, through which the signals from cosmic muons that are captured by a scintillation detector are poetically designed. Transforming imperceivable elements of the universe into an appreciable form in a poetic manner is one of the crucial essences of the authors' research and practice. With this, we believe that we could approach the wonders of the universe aesthetically. Hence, imperceivable elements such as cosmic muons and the parameters of solar wind (density, speed, and temperature in particular) captured from the satellite DSCOVR orbiting the L1 Lagrange point, are brought into the audio system in almost real time. Five iron fuurin, Japanese wind bells, ring triggered by cosmic muons that constantly arrive on Earth, while the stylized sounds of solar wind surround the large space at the venue. Consequently, these two different kinds of ‘wind’ sounds create harmony within the space, hoping to create a similar harmony through the bodies and minds of the audience as well. This project also signifies the value of genuine dialogue and communication with the purpose of deepening an interdisciplinary collaboration and opening up further creation.

Bandīś-s in khayāl of Indian classical music: a study of selected song-texts with special reference to the bandīś-s of sadāraṇg in Hindustani music

Melody is the soul of Indian classical music. A musician presents different captivating melodic motions of a certain set of notes, showing their diverse permutations and combinations as well as their hidden beauty. This melodic exposition decorates the mind with several melodic expressions and embellishments and is hence referred to as Rāg – which brings aesthetic pleasure. The main objective of this research is the presentation and style of certain rags, as well as the improvisation of the melodic structure. The data obtained by recording the song's melody audio technique and watching the concert live and all of them will be used to analyze and check the composition of the song. The musical analysis is carried out with respect to Rāg. This is because a composition like a mirror reflects a complete picture of an Rāg. It reveals and also retains its characteristics, such as its ascending and descending notes, its dominating notes, other sub-dominant notes, its intricacies, and its special combination of notes, i.e., svara-sañgati. The different Bandīś-s in an Rāg highlight the different aspects and shades in which it can be rendered. The results of this study indicate that compositions in Indian music are a combination of traits that includes the aspects of the musical structure, vocal style and techniques, instrumentation, rhythmic style, and poetry. Bandīś in Khyāl of Hindustani music refers to the text of the composition. The text is marked by the elegant use of words. The musical structure of Bandīś-s is comprised of certain essential laya (Tempo), tāl (beat), Rāg (melody), and dhātu-s (the melodic component)

The Beauty of Slums

A huge amount of the world's population resides in the slums around the globe, and this number will increase to three trillion in the near future, which will lead to the finding of cities within cities. These settlements are the result of the gap between demand and the legal and formal supply in the housing market, as well as the enormous differences between the economic status of the city's population and the overcrowding of these cities. Thus, this paper has presented a brief overview on the condition of slums within the cities. The research method used in this study is the review method, in which data are collected and analyzed from previously published articles. The aim of this study was to explore and uncover all aspects of slum life from the point of view of its existence, the different types and its social and architectural aspects, in addition to examining its evolution. The different types of slums are optimistic slums with escalator groups (A), optimistic slums with non-escalator groups (B), miserable slums with escalator groups (C) and poor with non-escalator groups (D). Meanwhile, the social and architectural aspects of slums cover the urban development cycle. Furthermore, this paper has also discussed regarding the future of slum life, its hidden beauty, and tried to change people's perspective on this unique way of life.

A Walk through Urban Decay: al-Hattaba Is Worth Saving!

Beyond the glamour of Cairo history lies a different side of the city that unravels the unique beauty of urban decay. Al-Hattaba, a UNESCO heritage area, is caught in between these narrations of beauty and decay; the beautiful home whose inhabitants want to keep and grow, and the formally enlisted dangerous informal space subject to eviction and demolition.
 Al-Hattaba embraces the beauty of its rich and diverse history, growing through time. It beholds moments of prosperity, failure, change, beauty, and loss.
 Urban decay photography is used to interpret al-Hattaba’s controversy and explore the bonds between time and memory. We take the reader through a visual journey in al-Hattaba.
 It constitutes a photo-sequence that considers al-Hattaba in reflection of its background context, the Citadel of Saladin; historic and residential buildings, some abandoned and attempts of local renovation. This urban setting reflects a rich visual diversity that witnessed its changes through time. We argue that the essence of al-Hattaba’s beauty is in its urban decay. It is a space that will never fail to amaze its visitors with its hidden beauty.

Geometrical theorems about conservation of area for use in classroom activities

Five geometrical tasks demonstrating the interesting property of conservation of area that may be used in the mathematics classroom are presented. The initial premise is proved and then changes in attributes are investigated using dynamic geometric software to show that in the cases demonstrated there is conservation of area or specific ratios. These demonstrations illuminate the hidden beauty in mathematics and constitute an intellectual stimulus for discovering additional properties.

A hidden beauty. Siza’s adequacy lesson at the secret and delicate MMH

For the design of the Manuel Magalhães House (1967-1970), Álvaro Siza revisited the purist rationalist principles of Modern Movement architecture. This project represents a shift in his work after the first Matosinhos’ houses and the Tea House of Leça da Palmeira. The appeal to the vernacular roots and a kind of telluric topos that characterized the works of the 1950s, in this project gave rise to an abstract and minimalist approach applied to a domestic life. Intricate and meticulous in all its details from inside to out, in this house the overall design achieves a perfect harmony, in other words, a balanced and beautiful gesamkunstwerk.

The Concepts of Feminine, Slavery, and Discrimination By Maya Angeloue

Being a slave is something that no one in this world would accept, but blacks had no choice. Slavery and discrimination had a major influence on those who were held in bondage because they were deprived of rights. They felt the lack of social and legal status, their private lives did not exist anymore, but the thing that affected them most was the absence of a vital right: having authority over their own life. According to John C. Calhoun, who was a model for the secessionists, slaves had certain features, physical characteristics that other races did not have and which made them perfect for hard labor and for bondage.The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference as well as a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women's rights and interests. (Miller, 1981:39)Feminism is the struggle of movement women rights in economic, education, occupation, politic, social and different culture with men. In poems, having the theme like struggle rights of women, women rights in self-confidence, hidden beauty, although the skills of her own feels more superior than men.Discriminatory behaviors and actions that affect a person or group with certain personal characteristics can become entrenched in an organization or community. People have the right to equal treatment and opportunities, without discrimination or harassment, in the areas covered by the Code. Direct discrimination often happens because people make unfair assumptions about what people with certain personal characteristics can and cannot do. Indirect discrimination occurs when an unreasonable requirement, condition or practice is imposed that disadvantages a person or group because of a personal characteristic.

Beauty in Ashes: Reflections on Hidden Resilience After a Hospital Shooting

Back to table of contents Next article CommentaryFull AccessBeauty in Ashes: Reflections on Hidden Resilience After a Hospital ShootingMena Mirhom, M.D.Mena MirhomSearch for more papers by this author, M.D.Published Online:5 Jan 2018https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2018.130101AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.—Oscar WildeEverything changed in an instant when the 16th floor of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital became a crime scene after a deadly shooting. In the days and weeks after the tragedy we endured, it was as if the air we breathed was heavy with the weight of our grief, hovering over every interaction. Casual small talk in the hallways prompted sincere reflection and a moment of pause before we answered.In the midst of the pain, there was a hidden beauty. I was hesitant to write this because honest reflection can be almost frightening with a subject this painful. However, as we know all too well, it is often necessary and therapeutic. I needed to write these words because psychiatry does not deal with pain in storage but in process. It's in this very process that we allow ourselves to see the hidden hope and beauty in our pain.After the tragedy, we saw one another in the truest sense—as a kind of family. In the usual hustle and bustle of our busy days, we followed routines and stayed within boundaries that we cherished. Prior to the tragedy, in our medical culture, members of every discipline had a specific place to sit, and every member of the established hierarchy stayed within well-defined lanes. After the incident, these partitions melted away. The chief resident and the housekeeper embraced to comfort one another because they felt the same pain, in different uniforms. An attending wept with a resident, and both acknowledged their vulnerability. There was an awareness that everyone began to embrace in the hospital: that we were not alone and that there is much more that unites us than divides us. We began to truly see each other. Words like "unity" and "equality" took on new meaning to us because we all realized that tragedy does not discriminate or regard titles. Suddenly, the prospect of losing everything put into perspective the value of the genuine community within our hospital.Tragedy has a way of forcing a magnifying glass upon our character (1), our fears, and our instincts. Over the course of these weeks, I witnessed trauma produce severe stress (2) but also posttraumatic growth and unbelievable kindness (3). There is a resiliency that comes with surviving such tragedy and knowing that you did so together. Now, the hallways are beginning to fill with hope. This hope is not rooted in blind optimism or denial but a sincere experience of the depth of the power of the human spirit. It is the hope of beauty seen in the midst of ashes.Dr. Mirhom is a second-year psychiatry resident at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Bronx, N.Y.Details regarding the July 2017 tragedy at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center can be viewed online.The author thanks Dr. Panagiota Korenis, Residency Training Director and Vice Chair of Education and Inpatient Psychiatry at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, for her continued mentorship and support.

Critical Analysis on a Work of Art: Toward Pragmatic Perspective and Supremacy

The occurrence of absurdity in art cannot be neglected for there are hidden beauties, purposive and interesting ideas that could be extracted from such kind of absurdity. Some groups are extremely denouncing a work of art. People today begin to confuse that art has become a victim of delusional thought. This paper will investigate the origin of art, its nature, role and purpose and standards of art to affirm the present condition where absurdity occurs. The banishing of art is found unreasonable that exhibits the impossibility of abandonment. The delusional thought of deprived individuals from exercising freedom of artistic impulse is found absurd. The masses then are confined to such dogmatic thoughts that consequently lead individuals to become victims of absurd will. This is the source of severe illness of this present society.

Feminist Rights Equality Education And Occupation As Seen In Maya Angelou’s Poems

The problem in this thesis is feminism in education, occupation and social as seen in Maya Angelou’s poems. Feminism is the struggle of movement women rights in economic, education, occupation, politic, social and different culture with men. In these poems, having the theme like struggle rights of women, women rights in self-confidence, hidden beauty, although the skills of her own feels more superior than men The finding in this analysis is 1). Angelou wants to voice the women must be more educated that can stand in patriarchal society, in basically women must get the rights equality in education like men. 2). Angelou wants to voice the women must get rights equality in occupation, like equality wages between men and women. 3). Angelou wants to voice nobody can do insult in physical or non-physical. In basically, degree of human its same front of Allah and society.

On the Hidden Beauty of Trigonometric Functions

In the unit circle with radius R = E0 = mc2 = 1 we have defined the trigonometric function cos(Theta) = v/c. The known trigonometric functions revealed the hidden relationships between sensible energy, latent energy, sensible momentum and latent momentum of the moving object, and the absorbed momentum from outside and the available momentum in the outside of the moving object. We present the trigonometric concept inspired by the old Babylonian clay tablet IM 55357 and based on the knowledge of the School of Athens (the fresco of Raphael) and the work of many generations of the Masters of trigonometry. The concept of the Divided Line of Plato can be now quantitatively tested. For the experimental analysis of this concept we propose to study in details the very well known beta decay of RaE to determine the sensible and latent energy (heat) of those beta particles and the sensible and latent energy of the remaining nucleus. The longitudinal momentum and the transverse (latent) momentum can be studied on the effects of the slow neutrons. The longitudinal momentum and the transverse momentum of photons can be manipulated in a convenient medium in order to prepare slow photons. The photoormi effect might improve the efficiency of the light-to-electricity conversion and the efficiency of the light-to-heat conversion.

The Production of Neutral N∗(11052) Resonance with Hidden Beauty from π-p Scattering

We investigate the discovery potential of the predicted neutral hidden beauty N∗(11052) resonance through π-p scattering within an effective Lagrangian approach. Two reactions π-p→K-Σ+ and π-p→ηbn are studied in this work, with nucleon pole exchange as the background. It is found that the contributions of the N∗(11052) resonance give clear peak structures in the magnitude of 1 μb near the threshold of N∗(11052) in the total cross sections. The numerical results indicate that the center of mass energy W≃11–11.1 GeV would be the best energy window for searching the N∗(11052) resonance, where the N∗(11052) signal can be easily distinguished from the background. The COMPASS experiment at CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) with pion beam of ≃280 GeV will be an ideal platform for searching the super-heavy resonance with hidden beauty, which is promising for testing the theoretical results.

Heathcliff’s Freedom in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

Freedom seems to be a fantasy for Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights according to some critics. Yet, in the light of Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophical ideas on freedom, Heathcliff is always free and the whole novel delineates how a free man overcomes various obstacles through constant choices rather than how a man pursues freedom. This essay, employing Sartre’s relevant theory, will outline Heathcliff’s freedom, through which we might detect some hidden beauty of this controversial novel.

Practising chaordic beauty: On embracing strangers in one inner city faith community

In this article I read one inner city faith community – the Tshwane Leadership Foundation (TLF) – through the lenses of literature that reflects on chaordic organisations and chaordic leadership. I explore whether an emphasis on the management of diversity, which is widespread in organisational and ecclesial practices and languages, should not be replaced with a spirituality of vulnerable embrace, as I discover it in this specific faith community. It is a spirituality that combines an invitation and radical embrace of diversity, and a dance with chaos, with a posture of vulnerability and a vision of justice. I bring the reflections of community members in TLF on difference and diversity in their organisation, in conversation with scholars contemplating chaordic organisations and chaordic leadership. I then wonder whether their emphasis on embrace instead of management does not open up the possibility of retrieving and affirming the hidden beauties and potentialities mediated by diversity, which is, I suggest, to practise ‘chaordic beauty’.

Putopis Lacroma krunske princeze udove Stephanie i dvorskog marinista Antona Perka

U putopisnom djelu Lacroma objavljenom na njemačkom jeziku 1892. g. krunska princeza udova Stephanie (1864.-1945.) donosi opis dubrovačkog otoka Lokruma, njegove bogate kulturne i prirodne baštine te ljetnikovca nastalog Maksimilijanovom adaptacijom benediktinskog samostana. Anton Perko (1833.-1905.), dvorski marinist i princezin osobni tajnik ilustrira to djelo pejzažima i prikazima detalja carske rezidencije te nam taj prikaz otoka pruža jedinstveni uvid u noviju povijest otoka i njegov nekadašnji izgled iz razdoblja imperijalnog ljetnikovca. Članak analizira tekstualni i likovni segment putopisa i njegov značaj za poznavanje novije povijesti i umjetničke baštine otoka.Sažetak:Među brojnim putopisima južne Dalmacije, Dubrovnika i okolice izdvaja se i posebnu pažnju privlači publikacija Lacroma. Autorica teksta je udovica krunska princeza udova Stephanie (1864.-1945.), a ilustracija Anton Perko, dvorski slikar marinist i nekadašnji upravitelj otoka Lokruma. Prvo izdanje pojavilo se 1892. godine na njemačkom jeziku, potom pet godina kasnije i na talijanskom, a članak analizira prvo, njemačko izdanje. Slikar Anton Perko (1833.-1905.) od siječnja 1879. g. boravi na Lokrumu s kraćim prekidima do početka 1881. Sljedeće godine proveo je čitavu zimu na Lokrumu, a zatim se nakon preseljenja krunskog para u Beč i on preselio 1883. godine sa svojom obitelji u austrijsku prijestolnicu. Dramom u Mayerlingu gdje su pod nejasnim okolnostima smrtno stradali Rudolf i njegova mlada ljubavnica Marija Vetsera završena je jedna životna faza i za Perka, no ostao je u službi krunske princeze udove Stephanie, do 1896. g. kad je otišao u mirovinu. Anton Perko nije ostavio svoju autobiografiju, a njegovu poziciju u kraljevskoj kući ilustrira i posebna pozornost koju Stephanie i njena kći posvećuju Perkovoj udovici u trenutku slikareve smrti 1905.g. Godine 1892. izlazi iz tiska i svezak o Dalmaciji, kompleksnog djela Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild, kojeg je pokrenuo kraljević Rudolf, a nakon njegove prerane smrti nastavila princeza udova Stephanie, što ju je zasigurno nadahnulo na izdanje zasebnog djela o Lokrumu, upravo zbog njegove bogate povijesti, kulturne i prirodne baštine. Autoričin prikaz Lokruma posvećen je budućim turistima, potencijalnim posjetiteljima sa sjevera, a čitatelja uvodi u otočnu Arkadiju opisima njegova položaja u južnodalmatinskom priobalju, Dubrovnika, a potom se okreće povijesti otoka, njegovih spomenika, navodeći dva izvora. Kroniku Apendius, i Memorie storiche sull'isola Lacroma, objavljenu 1861. g. u Beču. Ilustracije Antona Perka potpuno su podređene tekstu, zaustavljaju se na scenama koje opisuje krunska princeza udova Stephanie i likovno oživljavaju njene opise, donoseći vjerne prikaze detalja što intrigiraju autoricu teksta. Njemačka verzija Lacrome objavljena je pred kraj Perkovog radnog vijeka provedenog većinom uz princa prijestolonasljednika i njegovu suprugu te je svojevrsna sublimacija njegovog rada, funkcija dvorskog tajnika i slikara. Skice za devetnaest ilustracija knjižice o Lokrumu vjerojatno su nastale u ranijim desetljećima, za vrijeme Perkove službe upravitelja otoka Lokruma. Među njegovim djelima doniranim Dubrovačkim knjižnicama čuvaju se tri crtaća bloka manjeg formata naslovljena Lacroma i datirana 1879. i 1880.g., te više crteža i akvarela većih formata s lokrumskim krajolicima. Pasionirani crtač zasigurno je imao puno veći broj crteža Lokruma, no vjerojatno je te radove nakon slikareve smrti otkupila Stephanie, a u dubrovačku zbirku je došao tek manji dio fundusa Perkovih djela. Svojim povijesnim pregledom, opisima arhitekture i vegetacije, naročito suvremenim detaljima taj putopis pruža nam dragocjeni uvid u izgled i život otoka u 19. stoljeću. Naročito su nam značajni detalji interijera ljetnikovca, natpisi na samostanskim ćelijama te Maksimilijanova poezija koje zapisuje i na taj način ih je sačuvala od zaborava i prenijela široj publici. Perkove ilustracije pomno prate tekst, podređujući se potpuno tonu spisateljice, uvodeći nas u osamu otočnih veduta i njegove skrivene ljepote, u duhu konzervativne likovne tradicije na kraju 19. st. On vjerno ocrtava arhitekturu i vidike otoka, carsku rezidenciju te obalu, bilježeći i rijetke stanovnike otoka u mirnoj osami izolacije, u duhu austro-ugarskog orijentalizma kojem je pripadao, ali nam donosi i dragocjene prikaze interijera carskog ljetnikovca, te onodobne vizure otoka, danas gotovo neprepoznatljive zbog bujne vegetacije. Članak analizira tekstualni i likovni segment putopisa i njihove doprinose za poznavanje novije povijesti otoka, imperijalne rezidencije i prirodne baštine.

The Hidden Beauty in Biomedical Imaging

Caretakers, researchers and photographers working in a busy academic settings, every day are faced with images that are awe-inspiring for their beauty and for the terror they may represent to patients suffering from disease. Beauty in this context is a relative term. It may be seen as the delicate lacework of cells within the normal human brain reminiscent of a Jackson Pollack masterpiece, or the multitude of colors and textures formed by fungal organisms in a microbiology lab. Herein lies the juxtaposition image makers seek to represent. When contemplated in isolation, each represents a visually interesting image. However, when viewed with an awareness of the context in which the image was obtained, each image takes on the ability to evoke an alternative human emotion.

The Mathematical Precision of the Bible

The Bible is the word of God; an account of the creation of the universe, of the relationship God has established with man and of His redemptive plan through a pattern man, Jesus Christ. As a discipline, mathematics plays an interpretive role of explaining, revealing the hidden beauty of numbers and their patterns which are inherent in nature. It does so through non-refutable axioms, properties and theorems. The truth in the axioms, theorems and properties remain coherent to the point that mathematics is considered as the language of creation for the scientist who is studying the laws of gravity or the geometry of chromosomes. The bible is an ancient book. Events are recorded in a chronological manner with reference to numbers and patterns are observed. This article aims to unveil some words and passages from the Bible which have a mathematical character infused in them. We will use the NIV version of the bible in most of the reference mentioned in this paper. In the following paragraph, we mention some few words or groups of words which carry a mathematical fragrance. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p2055

Helena, the hidden beauty: Resolving the most common West Eurasian mtDNA control region haplotype by massively parallel sequencing an Italian population sample.

The analysis of mitochondrial (mt)DNA is a powerful tool in forensic genetics when nuclear markers fail to give results or maternal relatedness is investigated. The mtDNA control region (CR) contains highly condensed variation and is therefore routinely typed. Some samples exhibit an identical haplotype in this restricted range. Thus, they convey only weak evidence in forensic queries and limited phylogenetic information. However, a CR match does not imply that also the mtDNA coding regions are identical or samples belong to the same phylogenetic lineage. This is especially the case for the most frequent West Eurasian CR haplotype 263G 315.1C 16519C, which is observed in various clades within haplogroup H and occurs at a frequency of 3-4% in many European populations. In this study, we investigated the power of massively parallel complete mtGenome sequencing in 29 Italian samples displaying the most common West Eurasian CR haplotype - and found an unexpected high diversity. Twenty-eight different haplotypes falling into 19 described sub-clades of haplogroup H were revealed in the samples with identical CR sequences. This study demonstrates the benefit of complete mtGenome sequencing for forensic applications to enforce maximum discrimination, more comprehensive heteroplasmy detection, as well as highest phylogenetic resolution.

Beauty Is In The “Eye” Of The Beholden

John Carr of St David's Farm Practice, Devon, UK, Ke-Jien Chen of the Animal Technology Institute Taiwan and Cheryl L Scudamore of the Royal Veterinary College, London, UK prove that the closer examination of almost any aspect of nature reveals hidden beauty and the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is no exception.