Tag: "aesthetics"

The Twin Souls of Oscar Wilde and Friedrich Nietzsche

Yahia Lababidi meditates on the aesthetics and ethics of two great contrarians.
[Issue 94: January/February 2013: Reading, Writing, Thinking]

The Shocking Yawn

Raymond Tallis takes on the strange case of Damien H.
[Issue 93: November/December 2012: Tallis in Wonderland]

Authenticity: Keeping It Real And Then Some

Leigh Roche says authenticity means expressing your real self, whether in life, art, or skateboarding.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012: Articles]

Let the Right One In

Colin Brookes reflects on ethical and aesthetic issues between vampires and us.
[Issue 92: September/October 2012: Films]

Are ‘Matters of Taste’ Matters of Taste?

Michael Langford argues for a degree of objectivity in aesthetics.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Articles]

The Denial of the Will-To-Live in Literature and Music

Eva Cybulska considers Schopenhauer’s influence on writers and composers.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Articles]

Let’s Abolish ‘Art’!

Mark Roberts gives an answer to the question of ‘Art’.
[Issue 84: May/June 2011: Articles]

Pekaresque Adventures

Tim Madigan on aesthetics and identity in American Splendor.
[Issue 73: May/June 2009: Food for Thought]

Venus

Colin Brookes sees perspectives representational and moral in Hanif Kureishi’s oblique study of love.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Films]

Robots

Grant Bartley looks behind the images of the film Robots to find three perspectives on artistic greatness.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Films]