The #1 Reason You Should Have Abstract Art In Your Home

Neuroscientists agree: this art changes you. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Art+Science=Creativity]( [Did you know that abstract art can actually change the way you think?] Neuroscientist Eric Kandel says that many well-known abstract artists effectively created “new rules for visual processing.” While figurative painting provides the brain with clear visual information—images of a person, an animal, an object [Abstract art reduces, “the complex visual world around us to its essence of form, line, color, and light.”] By engaging different parts of the mind and eliciting intuitive, visceral responses, Kandel suggests abstract art can truly make us more creative. [What are the different approaches to comprehending art?]( The two major theories of art comprehension are bottom-up and top-down. When one looks at something, whether a painting or a person’s face, all one sees is the light reflected off the surface, the light reflected off the face, for example. That’s nowhere near enough information to allow you to reconstruct the face, so how do we recognize friends and family so easily? [VERTICAL SHROOM WORLD CANVAS SET]( [VERTICAL SMOKE AND WONDER CANVAS SET]( [TEMPORAL SAGE CANVAS SET]( This is where the innate bottom-up processes come in. Over thousands of years, the human brain has developed means of making educated guesses from incomplete information. If they see a source of light, they guess it’s from above because the sun is above. If they see one person is much larger than any other, they assume he’s standing closer than the others. These clues allow us to successfully interact with the world around us. [MULTI COLOR FRACTAL CANVAS SET]( [JUNGLE NIGHT SKY CANVAS SET]( [ALL WE NEED IS LOVE]( [STUCK IN REVERSE CANVAS SET]( [Top-down processes are based on the acquired experiences of individuals rather than the innate mechanisms of a group as a whole.] Throughout our lives, we learn, experience, and see different things. This is what makes us compare a piece of art we look at to another we’ve seen, or to feel a strong connection to it. [Abstract Canva]( [So why do we respond more emotionally to abstract art than we do to figurative art?] Well, abstract art engages more top-down processing than figurative art. It requires us to put more of ourselves into the experience. By only suggesting details or forms, it asks us to use our imaginations to fill in the gaps. Because we provide this information, we feel a stronger connection to the artwork. Furthermore, by doing this “work,” of filling in the gaps, we actually get to practice being creative, and as we all know, practice makes perfect! [ABSTRACT CYCLIST CANVAS SET]( [SUNFLOWER DAYS CANVAS SET]( [SPACE ABSTRACT CANVAS SET]( To boost your own creativity, check out the amazing variety of abstract art in the Canvas Freaks Store! [Browse the Collection]( No longer want to receive these emails? [Unsubscribe](. Canvas Freaks LLC 11300 Space Blvd. Suite 4 Orlando, FL 32837 ‌