Why am I attracted to the beauty in decay?
I believe it has something to do with time. Living towards death.
Thinking means being related to time. We think. We reminisce about the past. This creates Nostalgia. We plan for the future, sometimes with hope, sometimes with fear. We are narratives. There is story to everything. The very objects that surround us. The locations we inhabit. They live too. And just like us, they die. Their stories open wounds. This is what's specific about decay. They say the beautiful die young. Perhaps beauty is always already death? And that's the point beauty and decay are enigmatically intertwined.
This is why it’s beautiful. Because we as humans, have found our most meaningful relationship to time in the form of decay. Decay imbues everything with meaning, with a story, with a narrative.
Thinking means being related to time. We think. We reminisce about the past. This creates Nostalgia. We plan for the future, sometimes with hope, sometimes with fear. We are narratives. There is story to everything. The very objects that surround us. The locations we inhabit. They live too. And just like us, they die. Their stories open wounds. This is what's specific about decay. They say the beautiful die young. Perhaps beauty is always already death? And that's the point beauty and decay are enigmatically intertwined.
This is why it’s beautiful. Because we as humans, have found our most meaningful relationship to time in the form of decay. Decay imbues everything with meaning, with a story, with a narrative.
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