Alex Heath takes a courageous dive into exploring the abstract concept of beauty in this interesting piece. He begins the piece by asking two overarching questions – what is beautiful? Is beauty universal? The following segment where Heath interviews some of his classmates about what they consider beautiful is an enjoyable listen. While the answers may be somewhat clichéd, they are still heartfelt, and the awe in some of their voices can reach out and elicit a smile form the listener.
After the first half of the piece, Heath introduces the ideas of ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’ in determining what a person finds beautiful. While this is an interesting topic, some more in depth development and explanation would help make the connection that heath sees more apparent to the listener. The same goes for the interesting, and arguable true, connection between love and beauty. All of the valid and thought provoking ideas that Heath brings up are certainly heartfelt, and fleshing them out would only make them speak out stronger to his listeners.
This piece would be well suited for a program dealing with philosophy, or a thematic program on beauty. It could also contribute to a debate on ‘nature’ vs. ‘nurture.’
A great attempt at taking an abstract element and exploring it for radio, “If You are Loved, You are Beautiful”, deserves a listen for its sincere insights.
Review of "If you are Loved, you are Beautiful"
Kamna Shastri
Posted on June 10, 2013 at 02:55 PM
Alex Heath takes a courageous dive into exploring the abstract concept of beauty in this interesting piece. He begins the piece by asking two overarching questions – what is beautiful? Is beauty universal? The following segment where Heath interviews some of his classmates about what they consider beautiful is an enjoyable listen. While the answers may be somewhat clichéd, they are still heartfelt, and the awe in some of their voices can reach out and elicit a smile form the listener.
After the first half of the piece, Heath introduces the ideas of ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’ in determining what a person finds beautiful. While this is an interesting topic, some more in depth development and explanation would help make the connection that heath sees more apparent to the listener. The same goes for the interesting, and arguable true, connection between love and beauty. All of the valid and thought provoking ideas that Heath brings up are certainly heartfelt, and fleshing them out would only make them speak out stronger to his listeners.
This piece would be well suited for a program dealing with philosophy, or a thematic program on beauty. It could also contribute to a debate on ‘nature’ vs. ‘nurture.’
A great attempt at taking an abstract element and exploring it for radio, “If You are Loved, You are Beautiful”, deserves a listen for its sincere insights.