Jerome Stolnitz provides an account of what he calls “the aesthetic attitude” which is an approach that we must take if we hope of viewing objects in an aesthetic manner. Included within this aesthetic attitude is the requirement to devote our full attention to an object in order to perceive the aesthetic value of that object, but I find that this attention requirement is far too stringent and that there are cases in which the aesthetic value of a work of art can only be perceived if we actively deny the piece our full attention. In this paper, an example of this is presented, as well as several possible objections to the example, and finally, I present some responses to them.
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