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When I go to museums, I’m sometimes just as interested in watching how people view art as much as I am in the art itself. Some people spend the entire time in front of a piece trying to frame it within the borders of their camera’s LCD screen, others stare intently at every square inch of a painting, contemplating each brush stroke for a small eternity. Some view from afar, some stand with their noses within an inch of invoking a security guard’s warning to back away. There is no right or wrong way, everyone appreciates art differently. If anything, it makes for an interesting footnote to my own museum visits, and sometimes, it makes for a couple of cool photos. The above two were made on our recent visit to NYC; the left at The Met, the right; The MoMA.