Help me find music that makes me feel small and insignificant. [more inside]
posted by Christ, what an asshole on Aug 17, 2009 - 53 answers

Top-notch dentist or prosthodontist in NYC to fix small chip on front tooth asap. [more inside]
posted by pearl228 on May 29, 2009 - 3 answers

Looking for articles/writings based around the premise that ethics are an extension of a larger sense of aesthetics. [more inside]
posted by Burhanistan on Apr 14, 2009 - 13 answers

What are your favorite novels from an aesthetic/writing style point of view? [more inside]
posted by archagon on Mar 17, 2009 - 90 answers

Help me find examples of literary criticism adopting the Jungian idea that all the characters are aspects of the same person. [more inside]
posted by leibniz on Aug 29, 2008 - 22 answers

Why are sine waves considered "pure" tones? Why do we consider sinusoids the building blocks of periodic functions? [more inside]
posted by phrontist on Jun 28, 2008 - 35 answers

Can a plastic surgeon just make you attractive? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 2, 2007 - 40 answers

I'm looking for a (UK based) knowledgable speaker on advertising and its relationship to the aesthetics based politics. [more inside]
posted by knapah on Nov 2, 2007 - 5 answers

Hegel's "Aesthetics"-filter: I'm wondering what the German original is for the word "glance" in the English text? Blick? Flüchtiger Blick? Augenblick?" An English version of Hegel's Aesthetics can be searched here, fwiw. Thanks.
posted by rumbles on Feb 16, 2007 - 7 answers

Sir Lepel Griffin. Need help identifying and locating a source. [more inside]
posted by dios on May 26, 2006 - 7 answers

What does English sound like? [more inside]
posted by xanthippe on Apr 10, 2006 - 51 answers

Does anyone know the source for the following quote by George Santayana: "Americans love junk; it's not the junk that bothers me, it's the love"?
posted by jacknose on Feb 27, 2006 - 5 answers

Why was everything so ugly in the 1980's? [more inside]
posted by crabintheocean on Nov 24, 2005 - 46 answers

What is art? I mean, can someone explain to me how a couple rectangles thrown on a canvas is "art" and can sell for thousands of dollars? For that matter, that whole toilet scam just befuddles me - people actually fall for that and spend good money on it? Help me out here, what am I missing? Feel free to flame on this question. Let the debate begin.
posted by beth on May 12, 2004 - 57 answers