Are there some common traits we can ascribe to things that really interest us? Well, for one people might say relevance is a good indicator of the interesting. A mother may afterall take interest in another mother's plight to rescue her son from drug addiction. But is relevance really even necessary for interest? Alot of people find time travel interesting, even though it doesn't have much relevance to their lives. Other things become interesting, but morbidly so. Like the details of serial killer's murders. Can any generalizations whatsoever be made about what will generally interest humans? Is there perhaps an element of novelty to what is interesting such that it excites us and spurs us to think and experience the world in new ways? Is there an unspoken aesthetic for the intriguing, the captivating, the engrossing? I think really good art, film, writing, and music can do this. To escape from the overwhelming repetitiousness and mundaneness of our everyday lives, the interesting opens a portal of opportunity for that. It takes us beyond our numbing humdrum normality and tantalizes us with the extraordinary and strange. What was interesting about your day, it may be asked? It's what was unusual about it. The things that make it stand out from being just one among other days. Those are the things you will remember. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
