The Battle Of Kitsch And Beauty
"Kitsch encourages us to dwell on our own satisfactions and anxieties; it tells us to be pleased with what we have always felt and known. It reaches us at the level where we are easiest to please … Beauty, on the other hand, demands we consider its meaning. It implies a larger world than the one we deal with every day. […] Still, if nearly everyone likes [kitsch], how bad can it be?" National Post (Canada) 04/28/09

Posted April 30, 2009 09:54 PM