Plastic Beauty's state of mind is also both represented in my poetics as well as not. It again all comes down to the issues of writers, readers, topics, etc. However, my poetics do tend to lean more towards the state of mind for Plastic Beauty in that appearances are important. If an eLit piece is not outwardly appealing to your target audience, chances are that they will not bother to look for the inner beauty. On the other hand, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one person finds to be absolutely repulsive, another might find to be sheerly gorgeous.