Life presents itself as a series of shimmering forms. Coffee rings and red cherries on oatmeal. Orange sunsets against a freeway overpass. Graffiti on palm trees. You could decide not to view these things aesthetically. You could decide not to interpret. Sometimes a rose is just a rose. But a failure to imagine that these glittering forms might imply anything except themselves leads to a cold nihilism, or senseless materialism.
an aesthetic stance
an aesthetic stance
an aesthetic stance
Life presents itself as a series of shimmering forms. Coffee rings and red cherries on oatmeal. Orange sunsets against a freeway overpass. Graffiti on palm trees. You could decide not to view these things aesthetically. You could decide not to interpret. Sometimes a rose is just a rose. But a failure to imagine that these glittering forms might imply anything except themselves leads to a cold nihilism, or senseless materialism.