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Seeing with an Artist's Eye

Seeing with an Artist's Eye

On noticing gaps and openings in the work you love (or why critiquing things is good, actually)

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Lincoln Michel
Jul 03, 2024
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The False Mirror by Rene Magritte

This morning I was discussing a TV show with my wife, and began to say that while I quite liked it, I had some issues. “Oh really?” she said. “Lincoln has critiques of something? I’m shocked.” It’s true. I am incapable of reading a book or watching a movie without noticing what I perceive as gaps, problems, or missed opp…

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