get happy and stop this discourse on taste

you have it or ya don't

there is so much noise right now about the pursuit of taste.
how to project it.
how to harness it.
how to participate in it.

how important all of it has become.

i have participated in the discourse and agree, taste is more important than ever
but ultimately you have it or you don’t.

the thing we are forgetting there is another level to it -
taste comes from people who are happy.

a point in time where you are present enough to appreciate
your company.
a destination.
a bag. a coat. a cigarette.
how you are choosing to spend your day.

the pursuit of whatever you find beautiful
the pursuit of the best
comes from being present

take that wherever you want
projection, gatekeeping, whatever the discourse you need for the things you appreciate.
*i am for gatekeeping again

i agree with the conversations around performative values of taste and ai showing us how badly we need real consideration and taste.

i have written about this before.
hit a full wall realizing how high ai can aggregate without a second look.
all the top notes of the best but thats all it is - is the top notes.

sameness is going to become the next challenge in most industries.

but what trumps through that is feeling
something a person actually wanted

lately i am resonating with people who are finding things for themselves.

not for a reaction.
not to join the circus or discourse.
not to acclimate to the same commentary everyone else is repeating.

go out be happy
and if you got it flaunt it or gate keep it
its for yourself

and yeah I do think alot of people lack taste