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Why We’re Both Repelled And Drawn To Disgusting Things

IDEAS Posted: February 25, 2020 1:01 pm

“We need to account for the fact that we chase after disgust. Our attraction to disgust is hardly modern. The grotesque fascinated painters from the Renaissance to Goya, with his visages of Saturn, and Francis Bacon, with his distorted portraits.” – Nautilus

IDEAS Published: 02.16.20

Read the story in Nautilus Published: 02.16.20

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