Whenever I look at art … I just want to escape via the gift shop
That's the gist of a study by the University of Cambridge which says that contemplating art boosts abstract thinking, provides relief from anxiety, allows for greater clarity and frees up the mind. I asked my mind: 'Do you want to be freed up?' and it said: 'God, yes.' It's totally on board, my mind. But what this study fails to address is: how do you look at art? How? When every single cell in your
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