The last essay in what I am calling “The Taste Cycle” (a series of essays on culture, taste and often technology). The cycle is closing with this one and will be merged into a zine to be published by @metalabel__ :) This one took a while, I’ve been sitting on it for months, trying to figure out exactly what the implications and conclusion would be. Read Sontag, watched TikToks about Marvel fans… went back to literary theory! + a whole lot of Jewish theology! This is probably the last one of the year so I hope you enjoy it! TY to @seanxthielen @ystrickler and @callmel00bi who helped me work through the ideas here!
instagram.comThe last essay in what I am calling “The Taste Cycle” (a series of essays on culture, taste and often technology). The cycle is closing with this one and will be merged into a zine to be published by @metalabel__ :) This one took a while, I’ve been sitting on it for months, trying to figure out exactly what the implications and conclusion would be. Read Sontag, watched TikToks about Marvel fans… went back to literary theory! + a whole lot of Jewish theology! This is probably the last one of the year so I hope you enjoy it! TY to @seanxthielen @ystrickler and @callmel00bi who helped me work through the ideas here!
4. Ever wonder about the vast universe of critically acclaimed aesthetic masterworks, most of which you do not really fathom? If you dismiss them, and mistrust the critics, odds are that you are wrong and they are right. You do not have the context to appreciate those works. That is fine, but no reason to dismiss that which you do not understand. T... See more
Tyler Cowen • “Context is that which is scarce”
Artworks don’t manage knowledge—they channel it. It takes time and attention to understand an artwork’s meaning. Each piece demands a process of reconciliation, and a merging of two contexts: the artwork’s own history and the viewer’s private knowledge network. When it’s placed in a new context, its meaning evolves and expands elastically. It store... See more