Is the philosophy behind "AESTHETICS" (i.e. a non-ironic

who cares, gas hipsters and start over

I'm not convinced that concept even exists

>>9941505
no
it's just the neoclassicism of our time

>>9941505
wtf does aesthetics have to do with "retro culture"? are you daft?

>>9941505
and no it's not a fad. aestheticism will always remain the worldview of true patricians

god i hate tumblr photography. it's all the same. its only purpose is making teenage girls on tumblr delude themselves into thinking they have a 'unique aesthetic taste' while they circlejerk about their "PERSONAL AESTHETICS"
i swear it's identity-based narcissism in the form of images

>>9941559
I think he means a e s t h e t i c

>>9941614
"a e s t h e t i c" is more a vaporwave thing, I would have thought

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>>9941563
>aestheticism will always remain the worldview of true patricians

Nah bro; it'll always remain the worldview of degenerate decadents, as it was from its beginnings in the 19th century.

You wanna see what happens when you take aestheticism to its logical conclusion? Pure autistic mindfuck mayhem. Look no further: https://www.overdrive.com/media/466705/the-seducers-diary

>>9941505
Beauty is a universal language which was awfully besmirched by the horrors of the 20th century.

Tumblr aesthetics is an extremely neurotic and narcissistic rediscovery of beauty. They are mostly interested in making themselves beautiful.

I hope we can learn to seek beauty in everything we do and not just to impress people.