Sunday, October 14, 2012

Aesthetic Subjectivity




I would imagine that many of us walk down the street and wonder what the people we pass think of us. Perhaps we wonder if, to them, our clothes look good, or if our outside appearance is pleasing to them. However, whether or not they approve of our appearance is completely subjective. Everyone's aesthetic tastes and values are different. Not everyone can agree on something that has the potential to be aesthetically pleasing. However, lately I have been talking about the subjectivity of aesthetics in general. This is also interesting when it comes to someone's views on themselves. What I consider aesthetically pleasing may be the complete opposite of myself. Or it may be the same exact thing. It's interesting to evaluate aesthetics on this level when looking at it from the point of view of oneself. The whole idea of subjectivity can be taken to a new level. What is or is not aesthetically pleasing about ourselves can be the complete opposite of what we find aesthetically pleasing in other people or other things. Although, I do think that most of us wonder how others see us aesthetically, or we evaluate how we see people and things. The whole idea of aesthetic subjectivity is still very interesting to me and I find myself thinking on it a lot.

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