notes on notes on taste
So, how to wrap my arms around this term in a way that captures its spirit without flattening it?
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
Taste 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
Writer George Saunders calls this “achieving the iconic space,” and it’s what he’s after when he meets his creative writing students. “They arrive already wonderful. What we try to do over the next three years is help them achieve what I call their “iconic space” — the place from which they will write the stories only they could write, using what... See more
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
loving how much of this is quotes
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
How to Discover Your Own Taste
open.spotify.comThe ineffably of taste
It may possibly be that acuity and taste in choosing which Deciders one submits to is now the real measure of informed adulthood.
David Foster Wallace • Both Flesh and Not: Essays
- Taste hits different. It intrigues. It compels. It moves. It enchants. It fascinates. It seduces.
Brie Wolfson • Notes on “Taste”
Taste is about discovery, having interest in things, and making a lot of mistakes. It’s about trying to find the authentic set of choices that both reflect your own background, but also the choices and discoveries that you have made consciously and deliberately. It's always changing and it's also always in reflection of what everyone else is doing... See more