Ugliness

Beauty is probably in the eye of the beholder. However, I have had some insight into ugliness recently. I was on the subway the other day and was in a mood to observe the other passengers closely. There was a generous cross-section of humanity on my car. The ugliest person on the train, as far as I could see, was a snarling businessman with movie star looks and an expensive suit who nearly knocked an old man to the floor in his aggressive leap for a seat while talking without a pause on a cellphone. In a society obsessed with money, big houses, celebrity, plastic surgery and physical appearance, I see ugliness everywhere in the pretty and the privileged. And, their ugliness infects the society which they dominate.