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I would start with the natural landscape. I'd point to the limitless cloud-flecked sky, the complex leafy outline of a green horizon, verdant fields, and clear running water and say the word "beautiful." Then I'd point to any group of wild animals, the birds, running deer, wild horses - that sort of thing - and say it again, "beautiful."
The world of humans would be last on the list. The idea of beauty is best formed first in relation to the non-human world. Once the simple and uncomplicated beauty of nature and life can be appreciated, some of these sensations can be seen in men and women. As we are not normally visible in the natural state, I suppose I'd start at a naturist gathering in an outdoor setting.
There aren't many things obviously beautiful about humans when we're dressed up, surrounded by, and defined by the accoutrements of culture - at least not without stretching the term toward its limits.
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