{"id":260731,"date":"2020-08-04T08:34:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=260731"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:38:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:38:43","slug":"aesthetics-above-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/04\/aesthetics-above-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Aesthetics Above All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In life, you can only optimize for one thing. I say &#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Optimize for aesthetics above all!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1573\" data-attachment-id=\"260728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/3e89c61b-446e-4989-9d2c-bee56bcdb776\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3E89C61B-446E-4989-9D2C-BEE56BCDB776.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ERIC KIM zen calligraphy  aesthetics\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ERIC KIM zen calligraphy  aesthetics &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/F0D7DF66-06D7-4B89-961D-035B2BE9D26C.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/F0D7DF66-06D7-4B89-961D-035B2BE9D26C.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ERIC KIM zen calligraphy aesthetics\" data-id=\"260729\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/F0D7DF66-06D7-4B89-961D-035B2BE9D26C.jpeg?resize=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/aesthetics\/\">The Philosophy of Aesthetics<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/simple-is-sexy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\" data-attachment-id=\"223464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-muscle-flex-00030-resized\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ERIC-KIM-muscle-flex-00030-resized-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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