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Contrasting Aesthetics

if it’s possible that one can write critically about aesthetic optimization as a way of continuing to worship it while establishing plausible distance.

- from “Poser ethic” by Rayne Fisher-Quann on Substack.

But right now I want to tell you what beauty is NOT.

It doesn’t require validation by an institution.

It can’t be manipulated by a corporation.

It doesn’t need or want theory or interpretation.

It’s not mediated through a critic.

Now you can begin to understand why beauty is dangerous. It’s the closest thing to anarchy and liberation in our public... See more

exploring the concept of aesthetics & beauty in relation to social media

How can anyone claim to know what is attractive? How can anyone adjudicate between the competing claims of different styles or defend a particular choice in the face of the contradictory tastes of others? The creation of beauty, once viewed as the central task of the architect, has quietly evaporated from serious professional discussion and

Alain de Botton • The Architecture of Happiness

Report: The Diminishing Marginal Value of Aesthetics

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The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter... See more

Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

There’s a good deal of complaint about how flat contemporary art feels. Whether the problem is the failure of artists to create great art, or the failure of audiences and journalists to recognize (or seek out) great art, or some combination, I don’t know. Whether the key culprit is that art is too shallow and decorative or that it is too... See more

Ben Davis • Unlocking the Secrets of Art That Gives You Chills | Artnet News

Post-it Notes on Beauty

There is a type of beauty where the beauty is derived from the action.

People think more creative people are more ethical.

Beauty exists in a spectrum.

Beauty becomes more objective the more primal things are (e.g. fire, water).

When something is so new that our brain doesn’t know how to process it, we develop an aversion to it.