In a picture, it should be possible to discover new things every time you see it. But you can look at a picture for a week together and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.
–Joan Miro
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Exactly so. That’s what makes art so fascinating. Individual responses vary precisely because we’re individuals, and our interactions with a painting are our own. The same painting that I see as wholly forgettable may change someone else’s life.