ps Susan Boyle
I theorize that the great fuss about this plain woman with the spectacular voice especially in the US is due to our immense starvation for beauty that is not merely glamour. I use the word in its most traditional sense, as the false shine and illusory beauty with which the soulless Fae seduce mortals into Faerieland. In this society, even that which is beautiful is offered up under such trappings of pseudo-beauty, cheap thrills and 'candy' for the senses and the sensiblilities, we are stupified... Sign in to see full entry.