the ugly desire for perfection
Beauty, or our idea of it, is always rooted in deep desires, capitulations, and pathologies. It makes certain things so obvious. How we spend the present trying to secure the future, and thus squander what’s in front of us. How we fail to appreciate what we may later understand as an experience of unbelievable plenty: unlined skin, spare time on Sa
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What if beauty was just our name for experiences that push us out of our mental ruts and burst open our reducing valves of consciousness?
Bianca Bosker • Get the Picture
Report: The Diminishing Marginal Value of Aesthetics
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