“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object . . . you experience a radiance. You are held in aesthetic arrest.” - Joseph Campbell
Aesthetic Arrest is our weekly dip into the Epicurean pleasures we’ve been enjoying lately. Cheers to that!
This Week’s Apéritif: Tikveš Bela Voda Žilavka (North Macedonia)
Ryan Wildstar’s Recommendations:
Reading: Creation by Gore Vidal
Listening: Études Mélodiques by Marie Awadis
Looking: The Art of Jane Graverol (1905 - 1984)
Viewing: A Tribute to Maggie Smith (December 28th, 1934 – September 27th, 2024)
The Piercing Presence of Maggie Smith (via Criterion)
Dame Maggie Smith Obituary (via The Guardian)
Maggie Smith – A Life in Pictures (via The Guardian)
Maggie Smith's 20 Best Films – Ranked! (via The Guardian)
Tasting: Chef’s Table: Noodles — featuring chefs Evan Funke, Guirong Wei, Peppe Guida & Nite Yun (Netflix)
Ryan Elston’s Recommendations:
Reading: Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote
Listening: Follow the Sound by Morley
Looking: The Art of Scherezade García
Scherezade García is part of The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition (which opens today!) at The Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, NY (on view from October 4, 2024 – January 26, 2025!)
Viewing: A Tribute to Maggie Smith (December 28th, 1934 – September 27th, 2024)
The Piercing Presence of Maggie Smith (via Criterion)
Dame Maggie Smith Obituary (via The Guardian)
Maggie Smith – A Life in Pictures (via The Guardian)
Maggie Smith's 20 Best Films – Ranked! (via The Guardian)
Tasting: Chef’s Table: Noodles — featuring chefs Evan Funke, Guirong Wei, Peppe Guida & Nite Yun (Netflix)
That’s it for this week! But we want the dinner party to continue! So each week we are asking a “dinner party” question for everyone joining us here at our table.
This week, we paid tribute to the goddess of stage and screen, Maggie Smith!
So here is this week's question for the table:
What’s your favorite Maggie Smith film?
Tell us your choice in the comments and we’ll share some of your responses on next week’s podcast!
And, as always, thank you for joining us for Season 3 of The Aesthetic Arrest Podcast!
Cheers to that!
Aesthetic Arrest Podcast: Maggie Smith, Gore Vidal vs. Truman Capote, and Chef's Table: Noodles!