In this podcast, the hosts discuss the concept of bad taste in art and how to fix it. They explore the idea of not treating your preferences as the standard and recommend copying the biggest Creator. They touch on objectivity in art and how it can make people angry. The episode ends with a call for reviews that will make one of the hosts cry (with cheerfulness or anger).
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Quick takeaways
Fixing bad taste starts with not treating your preferences as the standard, align with a higher Creator.
Resistance to knowledge can hinder deeper understanding and alter affection for narratives or art.
Calibrate taste by studying God's work, fostering a nuanced understanding of narratives and artworks.
Deep dives
Understanding Aesthetics and Taste Through Familiarity with God
Developing a strong understanding of aesthetics involves aligning your taste with God's by getting to know Him better. This familiarity helps in recognizing what aligns with God's taste, leading to a more informed aesthetic judgment.
Protecting Affection Through Ignorance
People often protect their affection for certain things by maintaining ignorance and avoiding knowledge that may challenge their attachment. This can lead to a resistance to deeper understanding that might alter their affection for a particular narrative or artwork.
Applying Knowledge in Aesthetic Judgments
In aesthetic judgments, having a depth of knowledge and experience in the field is crucial. Utilizing this knowledge allows for informed opinions and a more nuanced understanding of various narratives, stories, or artworks.
Calibrating Taste Through Proximity to God
Calibrating one's taste in alignment with God's preference involves getting closer to God and understanding His preferences through studying His work and His word. This closeness allows for a more accurate judgment of what aligns with God's taste.
Accepting Hardship and Joy with Aesthetic Revelry
Receiving all experiences, including hardship and joy, as direct offerings from God with a sense of gratitude and joy is essential. This practice leads to a deeper understanding of aesthetic judgments and aligns one's taste with the divine, enhancing aesthetic discernment.
The first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have one -- and you do: You've got bad taste. Inspired by That One Review which accuses SASF of being overly arrogant in subjective areas, Brian asks Nate how many bad takes are just because a person has bad taste. (We won't spoil the answer for you.) The guys discuss how to fix bad taste, and this begins with NOT treating your own preferences as the standard. To treat yourself as the judge, W.H. Auden argues, is to have the artistic judgment of a child. The solution to bad taste begins with zealously copying the biggest Creator in everything he does. And until you make that commitment, your own artistic judgments are always going to feel lackluster and uninspired. Furthermore, then you can actually KNOW what God thinks of a piece of art. Unfortunately, its these sorts of objective claims about subjective art that make people mad at SASF. So, in retaliation, please send a review that will make Nate cry (with cheerfulness, or anger). Also the next LAMPC pick is "Jesus Revolution."