Hello! As you might have guessed from the title, this post is all about me, the author-san!* If you wish to skip this post, and avoid a lot of drivel and waffle about me (BYO maple syrup) then please do so, because you might find this tedious. But for those who want to get to know the author behind this Blog, read on, you brave souls!
I guess this is also a get to know me sort of post, because knowing my personal aesthetic is…well… personal. It’s kinda hard to know where to start, and it took a lot of introspection on my part to fit myself into a nutshell. Because there is a lot to me, as a person. So much that I could never fit into one post. You can probably relate to this, unless you are a minimalistic person in all aspects of aesthetic. In that case, wow. Life must be so much simpler when you don’t have to detangle and rearrange yourself constantly.
You have probably guessed by now that I love to write, both on paper and digitally. I f you had to label me then, you might say I’m the bookish nerd. From this paragraph alone, and the previous post, you probably have solid idea of who (and what?) I am.
I guess as good a place to start is the visual aesthetic of me. I can swing pretty violently between a very dark general aesthetic (I wear a lot of black and currently have turquoise hair) and Boho. I kinda have two alter-egos. I also love love love retro dresses, anything from the 40’s to 60’s. If retro styles weren’t so expensive, it would be all I wore. I would be a Bona-fide Rockabilly.
That leads into my 5 senses. When it comes to the sense of touch, I am an utter sucker for hugs and cuddles. If I like you, watch out. You will be lucky to leave my embrace. For some reason (if you know me, please don’t exploit this) I will fall into a trance-like state or even fall asleep if you stroke my eyebrows and play with my hair. I don’t really get it, either… it just be like that. I love being cocooned in blankets and warm, so I live for cold weather and any opportunity this brings to either snuggle blankets or people. As I mentioned in the previous article, I like to drive with the windows down and the sensation of the wind in my hair and on my skin.
Taste is a weird aesthetic for me to describe. If you, the reader, think about your own taste aesthetic, you will get what I mean. Its an odd notion to consider. But after much pondering, I have come to realise I like earthy, aromatic flavours. As taste and scent are closely related and inform each other, the next two paragraphs will intertwine a lot. I literally (not figuratively) drank a whole pot of Chai tea, brewed on milk and mixed with a lil honey while writing this. In saying that, I hate the taste of cloves, so please never give me tea or food with cloves in it. My family uses it to get rid of mould, so that is what I associate the taste with, as well as the house I never want to go back to. But moving on!
Which brings me to smell/scent. Anything, like above, earthy and aromatic, I love. If it were socially acceptable to wear Lynx on the daily, I would. Or maybe I should just stuff it to heck and buy it anyway. I don’t know, leave a comment to help me decide. I strongly associate scent with emotion, so my room is full of scented candles, wax melts and reed diffusers. All of them are earthy, some of them a little sweet. But the two scents that trump all, is the scent of wood smoke and books. Reader’s high is real, y’all! Find me a book scented candle or perfume, and I will love you forever.
I have already touched on my Visual aesthetic, so I will move on to my sound. In the previous post, I mentioned ASMR, and I guess this section really is all about my preferences when it comes to the sounds I find beautiful. Like the sound of rain, thunderstorms, rivers and anything water-based I enjoy. But have you ever heard of Bell-birds? They sound pretty much exactly like the name implies. Hearing them in the near-by mountain ranges while driving (with the windows down, of course) is so calming and charmingly beautiful. Another sound I find personally appealing, is rustling pages, the scratching of pen on paper and typing. Another important aspect of this, is my music aesthetic! I want to write a whole separate post about the aesthetic aspects of music, and why we find different genres more appealing, but I’ll just give a list of my favourite bands, singers and rappers:
Imagine Dragons
NF
Twenty One Pilots
Two Steps From Hell
Radwimps
Corrine-Bailey Ray
Dido
Paul Simon
Aurora
Bastille
Relient K
Switchfoot
Honestly, the list goes on and on, but these are my main go-to’s.
Finally, my emotional/personality aesthetic. This one is so complicated for me to put into words and a challenging concept for anyone to think about. The meta-cognition in order to write this part was intense and left me with a headache. But after much pondering, I have concluded that I am quite emotionally constipated. Not cold-hearted, I just have trouble communicating my emotional status. I have taught myself to use my head before my heart, consulting that powerful muscle in my chest only for advice and consideration. In saying that, I am a very empathetic and caring person, I just don’t always show it. Emotionally for me, I am proud (which nearly always comes before my fall) and I am often the quiet one in the group, unless my inner mum friend is called to action. I am a thrill-seeker and will happily do anything but sky-dive… though do not be fooled, because I ain’t no Gryffindor. After taking the official J.K. approved quiz at least ten times from denial, I am proud to say I am definitely a Hufflepuff. If you don’t know what that is, either educate yourself, or get off this page. (I am joking, I love and appreciate all my readers, please don’t leave me.)
Aaaand, that’s me in a nutshell. It was really hard for the most part to expose myself like this, like telling a whole lot of people things not even some of my family members know. Even for me, this kind of introspection was hard to do in order to analyse myself. You should try it sometime and come to understand yourself and your own self/aesthetic better! If you feel inclined to do so, leave a comment and join theaesthetic fam!
* I ain’t no Weeb, I just read a lot of fan-fiction, ok?
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