{"id":313437,"date":"2021-05-07T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=313437"},"modified":"2021-05-07T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:17:17","slug":"an-elite-aesthetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/07\/an-elite-aesthetic\/","title":{"rendered":"An Elite Aesthetic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A thought on aesthetics:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What we are striving for is towards is an elite aesthetic \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to look different, have a different taste (above the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vulgar masses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore to go even <em>beyond<\/em> a superficial elite aesthetic. For example, to me it seems too basic to buy an Audi car, a BMW, or even a Mercedes to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stunt\u00e2\u20ac\u009d your aesthetic tastes. It is almost like the lazy way to spout \u00e2\u20ac\u0153luxury\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (equivalent to buying a Louis Vuitton bag). Even in some ways, buying a Porsche 911 is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153too obvious\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of a cool aesthetic (everyone already knows it is a cool car, and everyone already has one &#8230; so why do you gotta get it?)<\/p>\n<p>Anyways with your design aesthetic, design choices, clothing, fashion, haircut, the way you present yourself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d perhaps the desire is for us to differentiate ourselves even more from others, than to fit in.<\/p>\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-design-thoughts\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/design\/\">DESIGN THOUGHTS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1242\" height=\"915\" data-attachment-id=\"308983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/4accc122-d0a6-499a-b20a-76cfd2563461\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?fit=1242%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,915\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"hand red black macro ERIC KIM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?fit=1242%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?resize=1242%2C915&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hand red black macro ERIC KIM\" class=\"wp-image-308983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?resize=768%2C566&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4ACCC122-D0A6-499A-B20A-76CFD2563461.jpeg?resize=920%2C678&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/03\/not-hateful-design\/\">Not Hateful Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/17\/new-forward-facing-design-vs-retrospective-and-nostalgic-design\/\">New Forward Facing Design vs Retrospective and Nostalgic Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/15\/depressing-design-vs-uplifting-design\/\">Depressing Design vs Uplifting Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/15\/the-best-design-towards-what-ends\/\">The Best Design Towards What Ends?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/09\/exciting-or-boring-design\/\">Exciting or Boring Design?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/01\/on-design-photography\/\">On Design &amp; 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Furthermore to go even beyond a superficial elite aesthetic. 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