notes on notes on taste
But I also believe taste is something we can and should try to cultivate. Not because taste itself is a virtue, per se, but because I’ve found a taste-filled life to be a richer one. To pursue it is to appreciate ourselves, each other, and the stuff we’re surrounded by a whole lot more.
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
stating clearly why defining taste is worthwhile
The ineffably of taste
- Taste hits different. It intrigues. It compels. It moves. It enchants. It fascinates. It seduces.
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
How to Discover Your Own Taste
open.spotify.comTaste has historically been reserved for conversation about things like fashion and art. Now, we look for it in our social media feeds, the technology we use, the company we keep, and the people we hire.
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
tracking the change from something esoteric to something commonplace, thus this essay to help define it better
You probably already have an intuitive sense of the people in your life who have great taste in something. They’re the people you always go to for restaurant or movie or gear recommendations. Maybe it’s the person you ask to be an extra set of eyes on an email or a project brief before you send it out.
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
i like addressing the reader by ‘you’ here
My observation of the Brat cycle is that most people have never looked up the lyrics to this album — it’s unambiguous that Brat is about... doing drugs in the club ( “Should we do a little key?” ). It’s noteworthy when the right-wing criticism of a thing is more apt than the the left-wing co-opters.
Emily Sundberg • Hard to do key bumps when homework is due
It may possibly be that acuity and taste in choosing which Deciders one submits to is now the real measure of informed adulthood.