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Ernest Hemingway once said, “A man without a head is most likely in
the morgue.” Okay, so maybe he didn't say that. I made it up. But the
message still has significance. In a literal sense, it is a truthful
statement; without a head, where your brain is, you can't be alive. But
there's a metaphorical interpretation behind it as well that I believe to
be much more meaningful. Since ancient times one's head has symbolized
intelligence, logical and spatial ability, street smarts, etc.
If you figuratively “lose your head,” you are a bit of a loony, or a
simpleton, or at least a man or woman with little to no common sense. In
any case you probably won't last very long if it applies to you. The real
shame is that our culture looks upon this notion of being headless with awe.
Evidence A: Imagine any supermodel working today. If, for instance,
Angelicia Roshamomononalina, the world's foremost Hungarian/Portuguese/
Mongolian supermodel, were to not have a head, either figuratively or
literally, most men would still notice the girlësÖother assets.
In the years to come, I wouldn't be surprised if America's skewed
sense of sexuality and fashion were to align itself with the blossoming
genetics industry and create a master race of headless models, programmed
only to walk down runways and pose suggestively in clothes no one will ever
buy, mindless and eager to procreate with any pro basketball player or owner
of a cable station.
It would be Blade Runner and Valley of the Dolls all rolled into one.
I'm not going to lie to you. I do find 99% of the women on E!
Entertainment to be extremely attractive. But that's really not the point.
Why only 99%? Well, the eerily gargoyle-like and plastic Joan Rivers (and
her equally monstrous daughter) is the antithesis of everything that could
and should be considered attractive. Somebody please get Perseus to show
that thing a mirror.
But I digress. All I am really trying to say is that it's okay to be
smart, and it's okay to be pretty, but the former might be more important,
if only just a little, than the latter. And if the culture as a whole
perhaps concentrated a bit more on having smart babies rather than pretty
babies, the two qualities might not even need distinguishing someday, and
the human race would benefit beyond our wildest dreams.
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