Beauty

What
does it
look like?
What
does it
sound like?
How
does it
read?
Is there
beauty
in mathematics?
Are
physics formulations
beautiful?
Is
artistic beauty
in all its
forms
discovered or created?
Did
Isaac Newton
invent
his mathematics
or
did he
discover it,
like one discovers
a planet?
Where
did the
Mona Lisa
come from?
From some
ethereal realm?
A dream
perhaps?
What did
Leonardo tap into
to create
such a work
of art?
Would it be
appreciated
by beings
on the other side
of the Universe?
Is mathematics
universal?
Are computer codes?
Genetic codes?
Beethoven’s music
discovered or
created?
William Shakespeare,
what was he on?
Where
does the mind’s eye
wander
to obtain such things?
Will
earthly beauty
translate elsewhere?
Is beauty
in all its forms
universal,
or unique
to its origins?
Is simplicity
beautiful?
Complexity?
Are we all
beautiful?
Or,
Is all beauty
simply
in the eyes
of the beholder?