People can keep learning things into and beyond middle age, but I think (by observation) aesthetics often have something of a sweet spot, time-wise. When it falls can vary, sometimes as early as 8-12yo and sometimes into a person's mid twenties. Fueled partly by nostalgia, perhaps, too. One need not have experienced the exact thing previously for it to carry echoes of things one did experience, if that makes sense--color choices, shapes and proportions, sounds.
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Date: 24 October 2024 06:45 pm (UTC)People can keep learning things into and beyond middle age, but I think (by observation) aesthetics often have something of a sweet spot, time-wise. When it falls can vary, sometimes as early as 8-12yo and sometimes into a person's mid twenties. Fueled partly by nostalgia, perhaps, too. One need not have experienced the exact thing previously for it to carry echoes of things one did experience, if that makes sense--color choices, shapes and proportions, sounds.