It seems that most people don’t have ‘taste’. But what does this mean?
What is ‘taste’ anyways?
The first thought:
The reason most people don’t have taste is that they don’t spend their time, life, and mental space to focus on aesthetics.
What is ‘beautiful’ and ‘ugly’ is the task of the aesthetician-philosopher.
Whose role is it?
Certainly anyone can dedicate their time, and brain space to focus on aesthetics.
Also when it comes to taste, consider practically speaking–
Most people prefer Coca-Cola and McDonalds and Starbucks Frappuccino’s … this is certainly having ‘poor’ taste (poverty taste).
Who dictates taste?
You are what you eat. The first thought about taste is this:
What is the purpose of ‘taste’?
I say in terms of food, the purpose is strengthening. What is a ‘super-food’? A food which augments your muscle mass. This means food high in cholesterol, saturated fat (cholesterol is a steroid). More beef, red meat, fatty meat, ribs, etc.
On cultivating your own taste
Spend much time cultivating your own taste. Figuring out what you love, what you consider beautiful, and what you consider ugly.
The goal as a photographer is to make photos you consider beautiful.
Beauty towards what ends?
Certainly humans are the measure of all beauty. I say the simple thing is finding a beautiful partner, in order to produce beautiful (strong) children.
Then the task of the photographer (the artist with a camera) is–
Produce beautiful images, which are almost like your children.
