Here’s a question you may not have ever asked yourself: what shape should my room be for maximum creativity? Curved! So says a study out of Australia.

I started selling my linocut print art recently, and a question has hounded me: Should an artist tell potential buyers what their work is “about”? Or should they let viewers create their own interpretations? A study suggests that providing meaning matters!

Here I tackle the question: Enjoy casually or consider carefully: Is there a right way to view art? If you want to lower stress and anxiety and boost well-being, which approach do you think is best? A study out of Montreal gives us a clue to the answer.

Why does art matter? Why do some of us feel compelled to be creative? What benefits do we get from visiting a museum and pondering art? In this blog, I bring you (and me) insight into some of the answers.