The ones we stare at attract meaning and emotion because no image is ever representative of itself; it’s all about what lies unseen within the viewer. For some, that can be difficult because it involves an admission of beauty that starts in the eye but never stops there. When hidden things remain in metaphor even though overtly hung on a wall, the images enable deep reaction. The response is something that evolves; I don’t believe it can be learned because it’s a perception based from everything in one’s life that fuels the mechanism. To feel, but not to feel. To unravel and undress and penetrate with mere thought.

If those reactions are refused, the image becomes difficult – a problem to deal with.