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How to Appreciate Contemporary Art

by Peter Ashworth on Jan 16 2025

A guide to help you better understand abstract art, modern art, pop art, contemporary portrait art, social impact art, and more…

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Why Art Is Uniquely Personal to You (or, Why Art That Moves You … May Not Move Others).

by Peter Ashworth on Jan 09 2025

Why is art so personal? I explore the intimate relationship between art, your personal preferences, and your life’s personal experiences.

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HOW TO TRULY EXPERIENCE JOY THROUGH ART

by Peter Ashworth on Dec 04 2024

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.” Mark Rothko, painter Some of life’s greatest moments are when we are experiencing a truly deep emotional connection with a place, a person or an object. Art, by function and purpose, is created to create joy, and good art does even more. Great art can create feelings that go past feel-good emotions….and can tap deeply into the feelings of amazement and personal transcendence…even Nirvana.