{"id":200105,"date":"2019-12-31T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=200105"},"modified":"2019-12-31T14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T22:35:51","slug":"vanity-aesthetics-and-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/31\/vanity-aesthetics-and-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanity, Aesthetics and Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Much of how we live our lives SHOULD be directed by our own personal ego, aesthetics, vanity, and pride. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why vanity, aesthetics and pride:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"200329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1577791268&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography family &amp;#8211; providence 2019 &amp;#8211; 28mm &amp;#8211; ricoh gr iii -67\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1707&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-67-1-scaled.jpg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vanity<\/strong>: much of what we do is for our own vanity, aesthetic tastes and judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aesthetics<\/strong>: what do you consider beautiful and worthy of you? The shapes, forms, textures, and looks of things matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pride<\/strong>: this leads your ethics. Don&#8217;t do anything which would hurt or damage your personal pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our decisions don&#8217;t require to &#8220;make sense&#8221; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We don&#8217;t need rational explanations to explain our emotional decisions. To be human is to be directed by emotion, passion, and our muscles. Much of our rational and conscious mind as &#8220;after the fact&#8221; explanations of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do we really know <em>why<\/em> we do what we do? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"200261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1577623918&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography family &amp;#8211; providence 2019 &amp;#8211; 28mm &amp;#8211; ricoh gr iii -6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1707&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often we get suckered into the &#8220;narrative fallacy&#8221; our brain creates of our lives and decision making processes, to give our lives some sort of coherence or structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"200287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1577702274&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography family &amp;#8211; providence 2019 &amp;#8211; 28mm &amp;#8211; ricoh gr iii -32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1707%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-32-1-scaled.jpg?resize=920%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be highly skeptical towards yourself, thoughts, and actions (but don&#8217;t vilify yourself) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following your natural prompting is probably the wisest thing you can do. To trust your body over your &#8220;mind&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thought: Much of how we live our lives SHOULD be directed by our own personal ego, aesthetics, vanity, and pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eric-kim-photography-family-providence-2019-28mm-ricoh-gr-iii-6-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200105"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200392,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200105\/revisions\/200392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}