The Poetics of Space in Disney’s Encanto
If you should ever have cause to keep the company of small children with any regularity, it is likely that…
MUSINGS
Sharing stories of beauty and thoughts on aesthetics
On Frequency Bias and the Language of Architecture
All about my Baader-Meinhof problem and current read – Alain de Botton’s The Architecture of Happiness.
A Look at the Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
I am going to present you with images of two different buildings in downtown Portland, Oregon. The first is a…
A Fine Day for a Photo Shoot
Today’s post is a departure from my typical content in that it features photography that is not my own. Not…
On Beauty and Being Wrong
I just finished reading Elaine Scarry’s On Beauty and Being Just and wanted to share a few insights. It’s a…
On Animal Beauty Pageants and Evolutionary Aesthetics
For all our inability to definitively describe it or to pin down its nuances, beauty is not hard to see….
A Holy Norse Trinity: Announcing an Addition to the Menagerie
It’s time for another quick life update. This week’s post is a short (but very sweet) one, for we have…
Curiosity Killed the Cat: A Brief Life Update and PSA
It’s been a while… here are some announcements and excuses for my recent absence, plus why you should never bring lilies into your home if you care about your cat.
A Duty of Care: Environmental Aesthetics
An introduction to the field of environmental aesthetics and how cultivating an appreciation of the natural world enables a duty of care towards the environment
On Roger Scruton: Beautiful Buildings, Style Wars, and Architectural Diversity
In the wake of the late philosopher’s death, a look at Roger Scruton’s often unpopular views on architecture and appreciation for traditional building forms