Throughout time people have thought and expressed what they believe to be beautiful without always being able to describe why they think it is. “Beauty is in the culturally conditioned eye of the beholder,” really caught my attention when I was watching the Ted Talk A Darwinian theory of beauty. It showed beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it has been conditioned deep in our mind from our ancient ancestors. Anything with an aesthetic value has the ability to evoke pleasure. So whether you are watching the Super Bowl or you are watching a symphony, if it is giving you pleasure, it is going to be aesthetically pleasing to you. In the same case, just because I think a fragrance smells beautiful, does not mean that my sister is going to find it as pleasing. Although, there are certain characteristics they know are going to be generally pleasing to a large population, such as the scenery picture used for postcards, calendars and more.
Please watch this Ted Talkby Denis Dutton: A Darwinian Theory of Beauty
I believe you can feel an immense amount of pleasure from both a scent and completing the steps of a long proof, because it has an aesthetic value to you. I know individuals can believe both are beautiful, because I have personally felt that way. I have felt the beauty of completing the proof step by step and working it all the way down to the very end. The same thing happened to me with perfume. I walked past a friend of mine and instantly fell in love with the fragrance of her perfume and I knew I was going to purchase it. Every time I wear it I now think of my friend and I still absolutely love the smell of the perfume!
Barnett Newman said, “Aesthetics is for the artist as Ornithology is for the birds,” which was his logic on aesthetics. Although many people study aesthetics and what makes aesthetics a certain way for a person, this is not what an artist is worried about. They are instead creating something that has a meaning to them and tells a story. This is the same as a bird. The birds are not worried about what the study of Ornithology says about them, they are to busy being birds.
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| A robin bird, being a robin bird. Source: http://pixabay.com/p-167650/?no_redirect CC Public Domain |
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