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aesthetic: debrief
Some closing thoughts, a summary of the series, and the playlist
Sep 9, 2023 • 
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the quotient of beauty and desire: an aspirational aesthetic
How art for art's sake becomes art at the expense of everything else. The final post!
Aug 26, 2023 • 
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you are what you think: aesthetic + the mind
Call it manifestation by another name, but the imagination is a terrible thing to leave unconsidered
Aug 12, 2023 • 
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good design might save the world: on aesthetic + space
Considering the impact of our environments and the need for shrines in the spaces we inhabit. Also, Greta Gerwig finally talks about Narnia!
Jul 22, 2023 • 
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eat me, drink me: aesthetic + the individual as self-curator
From The 1975 to The Horse and His Boy, trading consumption for connection and living beyond the tale we happen to enact
Jul 8, 2023 • 
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beauty fails as a reason for being: on aesthetic + the presentation of the body
What's behind our obsession over appearance as an end in itself?
Jun 24, 2023 • 
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an uncanny valley between me + myself: on aesthetic and authenticity
Why authenticity is dead, reality is vanishing, and what that has to do with the conscious crafting of aesthetic.
Jun 10, 2023 • 
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what movie do you want to live in?
Wipe your moodboards clean! What are we talking about when we talk about 'aesthetic'?
Apr 8, 2023 • 
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