"Aesthetics then is more than a philosophy or theory of art and beauty; it is a way if inhibiting space, a particular location, a way of looking and becoming. It is not organic. I grew up in an ugly house. No one there considered the function of beauty or pondered the use of space... In that house things were not to be looked at, they were to be possessed - space was not to be created by owned- a violent anit-aesthetic," - Bell Hooks, Belonging: A culture of place, pg 122
Anonymous
Thank you, mysterious stranger for the quote and a new book to read.