The view praised by every guide can still leave room for your own disappointment.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Agreement from everyone else does not obligate your own reaction. A famous view can be exactly as described and still land flatly on the day you stand in front of it, because response depends on weather, tiredness, company and whatever you were thinking about on the way. Feeling nothing is not a failure of taste. It is only information about that afternoon.

When something celebrated leaves you cold, try saying so honestly to whoever you are with rather than performing the expected admiration. The conversation that follows is usually more interesting than the agreement would have been.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which admired thing left you unmoved and quietly embarrassed about it?

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