Don't make the mistake of thinking there isn't order in chaos! Look at fractals, for instance...

I am interested in "life between" dualities like beautiful and ugly. I am interested in things that have a symmetry of both the simple and the complex. I am interested in patterns, and how they are perpetually changing to reorder and repeat themselves, even though they are never exactly the same way twice. That ole "self-organization out of chaos" thing. I know one thing--I sure wouldn't want to live in a world without negative feedback.

I believe "what is beautiful" is culturally based, learned behavior.

As to the maxim "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" I would counter it with another maxim "Beauty is only skin deep."