Beauty as imaginal [[Transjective|transjectivity]]. Beauty is imaginal, flowing niche construction. "We love something because it is beautiful, but also, if we love something, it becomes beautiful to us."[^1] Causes for The Fall of Beauty:[^2] - Hermeneutics of suspicion - Aesthetics of the smooth - Darwinian reductionism - (Kantian) Aesthetics sense Elaine Scarry’s Five Features of Beauty:[^3] - Sacred - Unprecedented - Life-saving and giving - Provokes Wonder - Clearly Discernible [^1]: John Vervaeke, "2. The Return of Beauty," *[[PA The Primacy of Beauty]]*, [[Peterson Academy]]. [^2]: Byung-Chul Han, *Saving Beauty*. [^3]: Elaine Scarry, *On Beauty and Being Just*.