Humanities 65 Week 3 Discussion 2

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Overview

Have you ever asked yourself if your car is aesthetically pleasing to you or not? Have you ever considered whether your bedroom is aesthetically pleasing to you--do you find it beautiful or not? Aesthetics is really to do with what appeals to you as beautiful to your senses in regard to the visual, textural, sensually, in sound, in depth of feeling.  Interior design in homes is important from an aesthetic perspective because you have to spend a great deal of time in your home.  A classroom is not conducive to learning if it is not aesthetically pleasing--nor is someone's work place or office.  We need aesthetically pleasing spaces in which to reside--to enhance our lives.  Each of us has a preference in regard to what music appeals to us--or what types of art appeal to us. 

Thus to ask what is important to you aesthetically is a very important question--because it reflects your life choices and what is meaningful to you.  And, aesthetics does not have to do with money--people can spend millions of dollars on a home but if the home is not aesthetically pleasing it does not matter, and it will not feel right.  Someone can have a very small home with very few things in it--but if the things and the layout is aesthetically pleasing and beautiful--that is what really matters.
This is an essential existential question: what pleases you aesthetically?  Color, sound, texture, the visual experience of it--it is all incredibly important for a fulfilled and joyous life.  Thus, aesthetics is what makes us feel and respond to a place, a painting, a sound, a movie, a text, a poem! And, it is often a sublime feeling--so sensual that we feel entranced and transcendent for a moment. It is the most important question--and it is what makes Humanities so important.  So think carefully about what things in your life please you aesthetically!


Assignment

1.    Please read the Presentation on Aesthetics Part I

2.    Then, please answer the following question:  What 3 things do you feel are important to you in your everyday life aesthetically?

1.    In 120 words, please discuss what those things are and what they mean to you and why you value them in your life?

2.    Attach a Photo of something th