My column this week looks at two very different but positive ways of interacting with unfamiliar art, even art of the sort you might not like on first glance.  One of these ways is to admire the technical ability of the artist.  The other is to focus on the creativity evident in the piece.  Either is a way of getting into a picture that you otherwise might not have an immediate reaction to.  Read the whole thing here.

Vera Barnett, The Painted Word: In/Out, oil on linen, 2011.