St. Paul's spiritual advice for developing good taste: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is...good [in accord with Divine Will] and acceptable [pleasing] and perfect [complete]." (Romans 12:2)
There’s an interring parallel somewhere in here with the desaturation of color in automobiles too. I think part of it has to do with the financialization of everything. Don’t buy a car in a fun color because it lowers the resale value. Instead of picking the thing you like or that looks the best people feel forced into the “smartest“ financial decision.
We wrote a piece a while back that mentioned this phenomenon and the general disappearance of color everywhere over the years. Resale value is definitely a part of the issue, and people fearing judgement for trying something different is another.
St. Paul's spiritual advice for developing good taste: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is...good [in accord with Divine Will] and acceptable [pleasing] and perfect [complete]." (Romans 12:2)
Sound spiritual advice.
There’s an interring parallel somewhere in here with the desaturation of color in automobiles too. I think part of it has to do with the financialization of everything. Don’t buy a car in a fun color because it lowers the resale value. Instead of picking the thing you like or that looks the best people feel forced into the “smartest“ financial decision.
We wrote a piece a while back that mentioned this phenomenon and the general disappearance of color everywhere over the years. Resale value is definitely a part of the issue, and people fearing judgement for trying something different is another.