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17 Apr 2010

Sit back, relax, really experience the painting...



There's something to be said for getting around the museum virtually and a bit faster. You miss all the detail, the arrangement of the space, but you mostly waste time taking a longer look at paintings that don't deserve it, anyhow. If you don't get it quickly, then what, spend every day looking at the painting as a sort of transcendental meditation? You can do that with literally anything. That's kind of the point of the meditation.. What I mean is, I rarely walk through a museum and am suddenly hit by new revelations about a painting while looking at it. I know that's what's supposed to happen, but honestly, who has the time? there ought to be a fast way to just get the gist of it. Even the descriptions are weirdly long and involving stories usually..

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