TASTE IS THE PERSONALIZING OF CULTURE Here's a quick highlight of bolded sentences: Our taste is that which confirms our identity. Taste is a cultivation of personal effects. Personalizing is a function of memory, experience, and... See more

While it’s probably one of the corniest things I’ll ever write in this column, I’ve come to believe that developing taste is not so unlike going to therapy; it’s an inefficient, time-consuming process that mostly entails looking inward and identifying whatever already moves you. It’s the product of devouring ideas, images and pieces of culture not... See more