George Gessert ornamental plants as a form of domestication. Under that framing, Gessert argues, humans have actually domesticated more species for aesthetic purposes than we have for eating… and “interesting” has been just as common an aesthetic aim as “beautiful” has been.
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I have a hunch: kitsch discards “the interesting” as a desirable aesthetic quality in favor of more traditional beauty and legible sentiments.
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