In the comments section over on Doodle Alley, I recently had a great discussion with an illustrator named Mike over my recent comic essay called Hug the Elephant. Apparently Mike has lived in Japan and studied Japanese like me-- so I'm sure we've got a lot in common, but we couldn't be farther from each other in regards to our views on beauty. Here's a piece of our discussion-- it's kind of long but very interesting. I've got plenty more points to add, but I wanted to pause here and invite you to join in. What's your opinion? What do you think about beauty?
Mike
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