YUI-LIFE

Have you noticed a trend in beautiful photos?

Dusk, by Lars Raun

They are photos of places with no toilet paper in sight. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if beauty had a place in civilized structures too? So, I propose a scheme for the beautification and rejuvenation of civilized places (and people).

1. The rate of natural human evolution has been surpassed by technology. A genetically enhanced body and brain can increase quality of life. Such people should be named after their brethren in Gundam Seed: “Coordinators.” The most important enhancement would not be their high IQ, downloadable knowledge, or infinite lifespan, but the appearance of their eyes - their eyes are bigger and cuter and look like eyes do in anime. So kawaii! With eyes so colorful and rich in emotion, it would be a herculean task to prevent compassion and love from blooming throughout the world. Unfortunately, us “Naturals” will have to be phased out unless genetic therapy is possible.

2. The city above looks like a pile of rubble except for two somewhat shiny buildings. From ground level, the view isn’t much better. Thus, all external nonreflective surfaces must go. Shiny things rule the day. Until the natural human predisposition for shiny things can be surgically removed, there can be no bricks, no rusty stuff, and definitely no unpolished wood. Shininess is the springtime of youth. Old buildings should be covered up with new and shiny exteriors. New buildings should be forbidden to become old. Perhaps a particularly zen building can cover up one wall with the hologram of a waterfall, while loudspeakers bathe the surroundings with the soothing white noise of thundering water.
3. The world needs two moons, much like those planets in Star Wars. The second should be closer, bigger, and cuter than the one we have right now. It should have wonderful craters as well. There need to be worlds other than Earth so that beautiful planetary names get their big break: Aqua, Luna, Atlantis, Caprica… do you have a suggestion as well?
4. Tree leaves should not just be green. There should be purple trees and red trees and blue trees also. Forests and city parks should be more psychedelic than Ashenvale. For the geneticist who thinks that messing with chlorophyll is too low for her, here’s a greater challenge. Tree leaves should absorb solar energy during the day and glow brilliantly at night, replacing street lamps. It would be a shiny sight to behold. I want to put a bonsai in my bathroom to act as an elegant nightlight.
5. For the old-fashioned, AIDS and the common cold and the flu and world hunger and etcetera should be cured. Although such beauty is indirect, a sick person is seldom a beautiful person.

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