&Goliath | Writing - Experience
I spend a lot of time thinking about the idea of enjoyment. Maybe that's not the right word. Then again, maybe it is, to be in joy? There's definitely something there. Maybe dividing it into positive and negative is a better way to think about it. Let's start with the positive. I spend a lot of time trying to enjoy things. It's often successful. I used to have a very narrow taste in music. Through exposure I've gotten to the point where I enjoy most music. I've done this with parties, dancing, and various other things. There's always been a nagging worry about this 'technique' that it dilutes my experience of the things I've always enjoyed. That doesn't seem to be true thus far. I often wonder how far I can take this. Taste as defined in how much you enjoy art is entirely subjective, and the thing about subjective experience is it's pretty pliable. I have on my notes app the quote "it implies their beauty is fully in them, whereas really it's mostly in you." I cannot for the life of me