Kramer’s New Haven

High fashion
Designer brand
Vintage mink coat

The voice of material consumption and luxury is illuminated by a more emotional and aesthetic value system.

“What labels me, negates me.” – Soren Kierkegaard

Many a Fancy

Airy thought
What beginnings
What ends

Sometimes things just seem to be consummate.

“Somewhere inside this ink bottle there is a starry sky! Don’t keep the lid on your ink bottle too long.” – Robert Sund

As They Appear

Illuminated apse
Material essence
Sensible qualities

Not mere rubber forms but potential sources of joy and delight.

“”No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Aristotle

Woven Tapestry

Tiny universe
Trapped gateway
Experience web

Their beauty is not inherent in the objects themselves, but in the way that we experience them.

“The world is not something we look at but something we live through.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Refreshment Conviviality

Being together
Happiness
Good times

The real world exists independently of our minds. The world of Coca-Cola is a world of experiences, of subjective meanings that we create for ourselves.

“The world is not what it seems, the world is what we make it.” – Mikel Dufrenne

Foxey Lady

Be all mine
Precious time
Down on the scene

With a mysterious charm that is impossible to resist, a charismatic and alluring copperfox captivates attention.

“Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat.” – Erin Hunter

According to Tradition

Drying over the fireplace
Filled with gifts
In the morning

Saint Nicholas knew the family was very poor, so he threw three bags of gold coins down the chimney.

“Your stockings prove your virtues. Be certain they are clean and free of tears.” – Emilie Autumn

Stuffed Deer Heads

Mortality fragility
Beautiful grotesque
Aesthetic experience

We are more than just our bodies.

“Art is a lie that tells the truth.” – Pablo Picasso

Perspectival Perception

Lived experience
Active process
Constructing objects

The horizon of an object is the range of perspectives from which it can be perceived.

“The object is not something that exists outside of consciousness, but rather something that is constituted by consciousness.” – Edmund Husserl

Once Useful

Way of being
Arranged in space
With equanimity

The subject and the object are not two separate entities, but rather are two aspects of a single phenomenon.

“Perception is not a passive reception of data from the senses; it is a creative act of interpretation.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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