EVERYDAY POETICS, AESTHETICS AND HABIT
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Everyday Aesthetics, Poetics of the Everyday, Aesthetic sensibility, mono no awareAbstract
The article examines everyday poetics as an aesthetic pathway to revalue ordinary experience and resignify habit in contemporary life. From a philosophical-poetic perspective, repetition and routine are not merely sources of tedium or automation but conditions that enable meaningful aesthetic experiences. Daily life—composed of habits, domestic and work spaces, and seemingly trivial micro-events—is conceived as a complex aesthetic field where sensitivity, memory, affect, and meaning converge. In dialogue with contemporary everyday aesthetics, the paper argues that sensible perception of the environment is not confined to art or nature, but appears in minimal gestures such as cooking, working, cleaning, or inhabiting the home. The Japanese notion of mono no aware highlights that sensitivity to the ephemeral also entails a moral disposition of attention, empathy, and responsibility. Thus, life itself becomes the continuous site where aesthetic experience unfolds.
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