Cleverly Planned Meals

As Americans, our culture dictates that we eat three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Of course there are those who stray from that, and miss meals or have extra meals; however, that mentality overall is most common in the States. When we learn about other cultures who may have four meals a day, or only two, we begin to wonder why. We judge them based on their meal habits or see them as an "odd" or strange. How we as a society have constructed everything down to meals and food just shows how strictly we build our society, feel the need to follow it, and see any deviations from it as an odd or strange practice. If that culture eats four meals a day because of the economics or supply available in the culture, it has a legitimate structural reason for doing so. In turn, they may see our culture of three meals a day as strange and perhaps not enough. Lastly, that culture of two meals a day could see our culture and the culture of four meals as a waste and unnecessary when it comes to the consumption of products. Again, this whole idea is constructed because of the way our society builds and sees things.

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.