Middle aged and plain looking, Susan Boyle bowled over the Britain’s Got Talent audience with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream.” She’s become an internet sensation, moving people to tears. Why? Because people are stunned that someone so plain has so much talent.
Excuse me. People are only surprised because they’ve come to believe some Hollywood bullshit that only beautiful people are worth anything. Well that counts out the worth of about 99% of everyone else. Ironically, the beauty of her voice coming out a plain visage is a, well, made for Hollywood movie. Stay tuned for the Susan Boyle story, coming to a tv or movie near you.
I for one was not surprised that a beautiful voice comes out of a homely face, just as I am not surprised when beautiful writing comes out of a homely hand.
As the poet John Keats so famously said,”Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”