Happy 4th of July!

Model Spotlight #1: Kerry Degman

ABOUT

Name: Kerry Justin Degman
Occupation: Male model
Date of Birth: Oct 4, 1988
Height: 6'0" (183cm)
Born: Portland, Oregon
Based: New York
Discovered: Dropping off his little sister at her modeling agency
Hobbies: Baseball, skate boarding and guitar.





Kerry Degman, one of hot All-American models, came under my radar through all the modelling work he's done for Rugby Ralph Lauren, H&M and various GQ photo shoots.

Check out his fan-made blog: http://kerrydegman.blogspot.com/

Cheeky Bones, Jaunty Jaws and Clefty Chins

The standard of beauty has always been changing throughout history and nowadays, more than ever, due to such a high exposure to media and "attractive people", we humans are more and more worried about personal our appearance

Even when it comes to men, some of which have been known to be almost oblivious to their physical appearance, the numbers have risen when it comes to men who now are interested in improving their overall appearance.

Contrary to the current beauty standard for women which is more sexualized, in the case of men, there is an increasing push for biologically attractive traits and urveying the current media outlets that portray beautiful men, such as billboards and ads, weight loss campaigns or television and cinema shows that the current standards of beauty in men revolve around two main areas: their faces and their bodies. 

According to Science Daily, men with large jaws, flaring cheeks and large eyebrows are sexy, at least in the eyes of our ancestors, researchers at the Natural History Museum have discovered This post will focus on three male characteristics that are considered highly desirable and therefore attractive, whether all of them or only one is present.

1. High Cheek Bones

Higher cheekbones, on top of offering a more unique look when compared to an average male face, also give the impression of a more pronounced jaw. The attractiveness of this trait stems from the female preference for a less aggressive looking partner. Aggressiveness has been correlated with larger canines and smaller jaws/lower cheekbones. Actors like Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Viggo Mortensen may have gained part of their popularity due to their high cheekbones.

James Marsden is the proud owner of a perfect pair of cheekbones.

2. Pronounced Jaws


Having a pronounced jaw has also become a staple of manliness and this is also not without reason. During puberty and to a lesser degree throughout the rest of his life, the secretion of testosterone in men helps define what are called primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Facial bone definition is a secondary sex characteristic and its attractiveness comes from the evolutionary advantage gained by a female when choosing a partner that is healthy and would therefore generate healthy offspring.

3. Cleft Chins


The Cleft Chin is an inherited dominant trait which manifests itself by the formation of a cleft in the chin due to an incomplete fusion of the two halves of the jaw bone. Biologically, from an evolutionary standpoint the cleft chin offers no advantage nor any disadvantage. The sole probable reason for its apparent attractiveness is again the motif of uniqueness, diverging from the less interesting average male.

Jack Scalia is one of the first male models to feature an exquisite cleft chin

Close To Perfection

Existence. Ephemeral and Ineffable.

Sometimes awful things have their own kind of beauty.

Having just seen Tom Ford's "A Single Man" has me pondering life's meaning again and I ask myself now, is there a universally distinct human purpose or is our sole animus a preparation for our inexorable destination?!

Exactly what fueled the creation of this blog was my wish of presenting the world and its objects, through their physicality, as being an anchor to all of us, against the flow of time and feelings. Many a poets, directors and other wielders of the fire of creation have ruminated over our irresolute and wayward lives with no avail, and I am certainly not one to claim to have an answer. Purposeful or purposeless, I enjoy the present, fondly remember the past and sometimes think of my future, but at all times I am anchored by my body, my feelings, my friends and my possessions. They are the ones who always remind me of my present physicality and it is they who give my life meaning until the final curtain falls.

In this post I would like to look at one of the things I enjoy doing most in life and that is observing beauty in all forms and shapes. Given that I just mentioned Tom Ford's recent movie I would like to praise everything from cinematography to set design, costumes to actors and their acting and dialogue to music. Nothing is superfluous under Tom Ford's vision and the timing for everything is beyond perfection. I would almost go ahead and call this a work of art but my lack of cinematographical education prompts me not to.

Nicholas Hoult, modelling for Tom Ford

Beauty in its physical human form was embodied most by two characters: Kenny, one of George's (played by Colin Firth) students played by Nicholas Hoult and Carlos played by Internationally renowned model Jon Kortajarena.

Nicholas Hoult as Kenny, in "A Single Man", wearing a nice mohair sweater, featuring a curious boat-neck 

Jon Kortajarena, modelling for Tom Ford

Jon Kortajarena as Carlos, possibly doing a better James Dean than James Dean himself

Enjoy the following portfolio of Spanish Model Jon Kortajarena for the beauty that is channeled through him negates the possibility of a random and purposeless existence since such a world would have no need for it.