Sometimes I'm judgy about other people's aesthetic experiences. "I can't believe you liked THAT" — movie, TV show, etc. This feels wrong. 1/
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Replying to @KevinSimler
It's thinly-veiled one-upmanship: my taste/discernment is better than yours. I'm not like that in other areas of life. Why art? 2/
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I'd never pooh-pooh someone for learning from a more "basic" book than the ones I read, for example. 3/
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Probably better to treat aesthetic experiences like learning experiences: If it works for you, awesome. 4/
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There's still a role for criticism, of course, but it crosses the line when its directed at someone else's enjoyment. 5/
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I suspect the stickier problem is that people identify criticism of the thing they like with criticism of *their enjoyment*
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yes because sometimes that's what I'm criticizing :(
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