Gaudiness Gets OldPosted on Friday, September 24, 2021Friday, September 24, 2021 by Douglas Wilson Sharing Options “Cultures pass through aesthetic phases as they rise and fall, and the last phase is the phase of decadence. It is the phase in which sensate spectacle is glorified, and it is a sign, not of glory but of decrepitude.” Let the Stones Cry Out, p. 45