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Roger Scruton's thoughts on beauty renewed my interest in decoration. His argument that stuck with me is that what we value as the most beautiful things in nat
by duncanawoods 8y ago
Roger Scruton's thoughts on beauty renewed my interest in decoration.
His argument that stuck with me is that what we value as the most beautiful things in nature such as meadow flowers and birds of paradise, is due to their decoration. Decoration's purpose is to seduce you. It is in decoration that we experience beauty, lust and love. Decoration is a path to the heights of human experience so we should take it seriously and not carelessly dismiss it.
I have never heard someone say the panama canal is beautiful. No image or emotion comes to mind besides the will of humanity to cut through a continent for money.
- tim333 8y agoAnd on the other hand the grand canal in Venice is celebrated just to point out canals can look good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_(Venice) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_(Venice) It has a lot of decorative stuff in the form of buildings down the sides. Maybe if you wanted to prettify the Panama you could stick something like the Marina Bay Sands by it https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=marina+bay+sands&num=30&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB97rGo5LcAhXkLMAKHVEcBIUQ_AUICigB&biw=911&bih=432 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=marina+bay+sands&num=30&so...