culture attitude towards morality and ornament

culture attitude towards morality and ornament:

key text: Loss. A (c1998) ornament and crime pp.29-36
It was in 1908 when he writes, that explains his sometimes very closeminded ideas... very pro educated people and slightly elitist, personally find him a arrogant...

" the evolution if culture is synonymous with the removal of ornament from object of daily use"

less is more, plain and sleek is a sign of good taste and high class;
for cultivated people "ornament does not increase the pleasure of life;
the lack of ornament is a sign of intellectual power, (...) use at its discretion (...)

seminars notes:
the definition of ornament give it a very positive connotation; at the opposite of Adolf Loos idea.
the definition of morality present a choice between the right and wrong.
so basically we discussed what was our opinion on ornament? are we more less is more or more is more? do we feel guilty we we indulge ourself ? buy a pair of shoes that we know we don't really need?

I personally think that a person's reality is always different, depending on where he was born and how he was educated. We are very lucky here in England to have much more that what we need materialistically, but i also think that we cannot feel bad about everything we do or buy; it is like life has given you a bonus and if you don't not try to make the most of it then you didn't deserve your luck, it is very hard to be so critical on ourselves, it hurt to see how spoilt we are and that sometimes we do not make the most of it.

ampoule: Jimi Hendrix music criticised for being over ornamented, now he is a music legend