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Just once I would like to walk into a room and see one of my paintings for the first time, to react to it as an objective observer. We are so emotionally entwined on so many levels that it becomes impossible to even come close to that sort of engagement. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to pick just three in our lifetime, and for ten minutes look without all the emotional filters. Maybe that's to much truth to deal with, I don't know.
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I don't think there is such a thing as an objective observer when it comes to looking at art. Every viewer brings emotions, memories and associations to every painting they see.
One observer might fall in love with a particular landscape painting because it reminds them of a place from their childhood while the next observer may walk on by without giving that same painting a second thought.