Beauty is a confusing concept. I would love to have the comforting feeling that beauty is some probably naïve mixture of peace, harmony, aesthetically beautiful things, and, not to forget, great music. But sadly it isn’t. A war started. And it made me wonder — isn´t the kind of beauty…

A lot of intentions, plans and dreams have fallen apart over the course of the pandemic–and many are still shattering. Intentions to see old relatives, plans to expand a business or dreams to go on new journeys. …

We tend to think of beauty as a concept belonging to the private domain. It describes an experience we have when we look at art or at nature (some fellow human beings included), when we visit churches, or when we listen to sometimes life-changing music. It is a uniquely private…

Being around beauty causes all sorts of emotions: most often happiness or joy, but a euphoric feeling or even sadness and greediness are also common. But how do these beauty connected feelings guide our actions? What are their behavioral consequences? What does it mean to be motivated by beauty? Motivation…

Beauty is an intriguing and rather complex concept. Some people say ‘it’s all in the eye of the beholder’, meaning it is totally subjective and beyond definition. Others claim that real beauty standards really do exist. …

Occasionally I do share new developments and findings about Project Beauty on social media like LinkedIn and Facebook, so when Twitter started many years ago I also created an account and tried it out. But soon I made a choice: this was a bridge too far. Given how much I…

This is about a word: ‘beauty’. Most of us use it daily and we hear others use it all the time. It is used in television debates, in art fora, in poetry classes, design agencies, fashion shows, cosmetics stores, nail salons, nature books, and even in churches. It has a…

Time-out to wonder … Since a number of weeks an ‘organism at the edge of life’ is spreading: COVID-19. To minimize contamination we are advised to practice ‘social distancing’ which means as much as: avoid working at the office, don’t go to conferences or meetings but try to work from…

Project Beauty asks questions — questions about a deeply personal topic — a theme that for many of us touches on what makes life worth living. Although the project started out as an inquiry to find out more about the variety of perceptions on beauty, the questionnaire that lies at…