ABOUT AQ / EVERYDAY AESTHETICS
From a glass of water to a way of seeing.
AQ begins with Dr.Change’s everyday aesthetics: finding beauty in experience, relationships and daily actions.

Meet it. Then understand it.
The original ten-lecture course places classical images alongside contemporary life. Gentle Water and Void Mountain, Still Lotus and Hollow Bamboo, Swimming Fish and Wandering Bird, Tiny Flower and Ancient Tree form four pairs. They open conversations about ease, space, stillness, openness, play, agency, attention and being.
You need no background in philosophy to begin. An old object you keep, an unplanned weekend or a conversation across different tastes can each be a starting point.
This edition uses Dr.Change’s eight original artworks as its visual centre. The questionnaire and combination texts are a review version, open to discussion and revision.
Beauty is in daily life.AQ’s original idea
EXPLORE FURTHER
Watch, then try
The historical materials include a CGTN film about the artist’s work with nature. The link opens YouTube in a new tab; the third-party site is accessed only when you choose to open it.
Watch the film from the archiveBring one idea into daily life
After the test, try a small unscored exercise: look at an image, notice one detail and describe the experience in your own words.
Try a small exercise