The Power Of Taste

It didn’t require great character at all our refusal disagreement and resistance we had a shred of necessary courage but fundamentally it was a matter of taste Yes taste in which there are fibers of soul the cartilage of conscience Who knows if we had been better and more attractively tempted sent rose-skinned women thin as a wafer or fantastic creatures from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch but what kind of hell was there at this time a wet pit the murderers’ alley the barrack called a palace of justice a home-brewed Mephisto in a Lenin jacket sent Aurora’s grandchildren on into the field boys with potato faces very ugly girls with red hands ………….. So æsthetics can be helpful in life one should not neglect the study of beauty Before we declare our consent we must carefully examine the shape of the architecture the rhythm of the drums official colors the despicable ritual of funerals Our eyes and refused obedience the princes of our senses proudly chose exile