Generally speaking, people's desire for difference is the cause of aesthetic saturation. For example, repetition without change in music listening, simple superposition of bombardment, and conservative aesthetic concepts can easily cause aesthetic saturation. In terms of musical behavior, over-reliance on skills and empty content can easily make people tired. Furthermore, content that is too focused on music is most likely to cause resentment among the audience.
Article | Mai Qiong
Many years ago, when I heard the music esthetician Song Jin mention the concept of "aesthetic saturation", the author disagreed. Aesthetics is the most pleasant thing in life, and the so-called saturation in terms of perception is a negative description of aesthetics. In an era that craves aesthetics, aesthetic saturation is a luxury that cannot be wished for. In fact, this concept basically does not exist in various aesthetic theories, or it has not received attention and in-depth discussion. Times have changed, and now the phenomenon of aesthetic saturation seems to be pervasive. In the author's observation of aesthetic education practice, it has gradually become "anti-aesthetic". Especially now that aesthetic education is being advocated, as an aesthetic psychological principle, it seems that we must pay attention to it. Aesthetic education should find scientific ways and methods, follow the scientific laws of aesthetic psychology, and avoid negative effects such as aesthetic saturation.
is aesthetically saturated, another way of saying it is aesthetic fatigue. It is said that too much is too little, and no one does not understand this. The reason why people don't care about this is mainly because of preconceived thinking and concepts. Aesthetics itself is the beautification of life and the enrichment of the spiritual world. There can be differences in quantity, taste, elegance and vulgarity, but how can there be any talk of saturation or fatigue? In an era when aesthetic life has not yet become people's cultural consciousness, in real life people may not always hold a positive attitude towards aesthetics, and even think that it is an inappropriate luxury, which is even more difficult to examine rationally. The so-called "playing with things to lose one's spirit" in the traditional cultural context is a satire on aesthetic concepts. In the West, aesthetics was studied exclusively as a kind of knowledge only after the 18th century. People began to pay attention to the positive significance of sensibility to life, and advocated shaping human nature through aesthetic education and building an ideal society. In particular, classical art (music) can only reflect its value and form a model of collective will after the appeal to aesthetics in life has been generally recognized by society. Therefore, encouraging and advocating aesthetics is a one-way street, the more the merrier, and "saturation" is mistaken for an ideal. This was also the case in our aesthetic life at one time. The endless emergence and bustle of pop music obscured the existence of aesthetic saturation. Therefore, aesthetic saturation, whether as a behavioral phenomenon or a theoretical concept, is not easy to attract people's attention.
However, music aesthetics is essentially a psychological activity of human beings. In order for aesthetic behavior and aesthetic education to achieve better results, it is necessary to have a basic understanding of all processes and links, including the phenomenon of aesthetic saturation. Comprehensively grasp and utilize the positive value of aesthetics. Only by observing and analyzing the specific manifestations, causes, and aesthetic subject-object relationships of aesthetic saturation can we find ways to deal with and avoid it.
Broadly speaking, music learning, performance, creation, etc. all have aesthetic functions and meanings, and there is the phenomenon of aesthetic saturation, but their structures are different and complicated. The aesthetic behavior of music usually refers to the listening experience of music in a narrow sense, with the purpose of satisfying spiritual pleasure. Then, purpose and result are the main factors of observation, and musical aesthetic saturation is manifested in the coordination and conflict between purpose and result. The specific manifestations include varying degrees of indifference, indifference, disgust, and boredom to aesthetic objects by aesthetic subjects, and even conscious rejection and prejudice. If this phenomenon is observed in aesthetic education, it will have very serious consequences. How can enjoying music have any negative consequences? How did it come about? This is the key to discussing this issue, which involves a variety of knowledge and principles such as aesthetics, psychology, education, physiology, , sociology, etc., and has a very complex production mechanism. Because the cause of aesthetic saturation mainly focuses on the subject's aesthetic acceptance, it is combined with the way, method, content, environment, time, etc. of acceptance to form a behavioral pattern, and is deeply related to purpose, emotion, will, etc. This is a very open research space in aesthetic education, which is left to experts and scholars for in-depth research.What is urgent now is to have a clear concept and sensitivity to this, and to have the consciousness to actively intervene when problems are discovered.
Generally speaking, people's desire for difference is the cause of saturation. For example, repetition without change in music listening, simple superposition of bombardment, and conservative aesthetic concepts can easily cause aesthetic saturation. In terms of musical behavior, over-reliance on skills and empty content can easily make people tired. Furthermore, content that is too focused on music is most likely to cause resentment among the audience. In most cases, individuals experience aesthetic saturation, exhaustion and malaise in aesthetic behavior, which will naturally adjust with the growth and decline of people's aesthetic desires, without causing any serious harm. But this refers to the phenomenon that occurs in active musical aesthetic behavior. This is healthy especially for those with stable musical literacy and aesthetic ability. But if it is in aesthetic education, it must be avoided and actively intervened.
Aesthetic saturation is not the opposite of aesthetic value, but a normal aesthetic psychological phenomenon. However, we must face up to its existence, just like bacteria to the human body, and maintain a healthy balance. If not handled properly, aesthetic saturation will accumulate from perceptual to conceptual, and will inevitably gradually grow into prejudices, or form anxiety about aesthetics, inhibit aesthetic desires, and this time interfere with or even harm the aesthetic psychological order. Music aesthetics itself is a harmless mental activity, and burdensome mental activities violate basic aesthetic principles. In other words, aesthetic saturation is an objective existence, but it must maintain a reasonable existence and be rationally recognized and controlled. Regardless of aesthetic content, form, means, or individual psychological state, relaxation and healthy vitality must be maintained.
Music aesthetics is often described as intoxication, obsession, etc. It is a rhetoric of aesthetic feeling and does not conflict with aesthetic saturation. However, in aesthetic education, we should not overemphasize the ultimate aesthetic state, but should adopt moderate rendering. Moderation is not a simple look and feel, or the so-called golden mean of . Moderation does not mean ideal. It is a kind of rational thinking that avoids extremes and seeks the right direction with a scientific attitude. Aesthetics makes human beings constantly pursue a better life. Saturation, fatigue, and boredom also constantly challenge human mediocrity and inertia. With this awareness, one must have a clearer mind about music aesthetics. Musical aesthetic activities also have certain particularities, and are more focused on perceptual observation. The relationship between human subjective initiative and musical art is very complex, and the phenomenon cannot be simply deduced theoretically. How to avoid the negative effects of aesthetic saturation requires more in-depth research, and there is a long way to go.
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