thepurpleredhead

Recently, my son said to me after seeing a ballet on television: ‘It’s beautiful, but I don’t like it.’ And I thought, Are many grown-ups capable of such a distinction? It’s beautiful, but I don’t like it. Usually, our grown-up thinking is more along the lines of: I don’t like it, so it’s not beautiful. What would it mean to separate those two impressions for art making and for art criticism?

“59. it’s beautiful, but I don’t like it” from 100 essays I don’t have time to write: on umbrellas and sword fights, parades and dogs, fire alarms, children, and theater, sarah ruhl
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lalafairydust:

sixpenceee:
Dandelions preserved in resin.
OMG this is greatness

royaltyasiseeit:

sintisinmi:
Obama and Michelle
PRESIDENT Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

me [searching the beach with my child]:

sorry honey, doesn't look like there's any sand dollars left
child:

can't the ocean just make more of them?
me:

and cause inflation? destroy the sand economy? jesus christ Tiffany, use your head