taste
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taste
As Arnold Bennett famously said, ‘Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.
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
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
The future of making art favors taste over skill, and will continue to do so indefinitely until it is effectively 100% taste.
Emmett Shearx.comIt’s easier to recognize beauty than it is to create it. You’re good enough to know that what you’re doing isn’t good, but not good enough to produce something great. When you find yourself in this frustrating limbo, the challenge is to never forget what got you there in the first place. Remember that thing that got you into the game.
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James Clear • What Every Successful Person Knows, But Never Says
“Your aesthetics get better as you make mistakes.”
stevejobsarchive.com • Make Something Wonderful
Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers
arxiv.org
An entire metric of thought which is both impactful but also ignored
Taste – or lack of it – is the silent metric that permeates absolutely everything we create, and which has a far bigger bearing on success or failure than we’d care to admit.
The ability to intuitively discern the intrinsic harmony within something.
nature is intrinsically harmonious
how can you cultivate taste?
elevate your cultural diet so you can elevate your taste —> genre crossing ability.
View appreciation as a general skill
by learning to appreciate we learn to discern. by discerning we learn to decide. by deciding we learn to strategise.
exert your taste on the world to live in a reality you’ve consciously created https://t.co/wKR6LMKBRo