The aesthetic dimension of life

We contemplate what is beautiful. We nourish ourselves on what is beautiful. When we lose this dimension of existence and kick out the beautiful for the functional, we end up in a crisis of taste. True nourishment combines the functional with the beautiful. Food should be tasty and healthy. Clothes should keep us warm and look beautiful. Our house should give us shelter and make us feel comfortable. The aesthetic dimension of life perfects the functional.