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Thank you, Sarah. I was so pleased to be asked by the lovely Kathryn.

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Thanks, I am so honored that Victoria shared with us!

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I really enjoyed this! What a fun way to view art. Some I felt the emotions shone through and others I wasn’t so sure. I enjoyed every single one. Thank you for putting this together 💚

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Thank you for reading, Sheila 💚

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Thank you for writing ✍️

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Thanks so much for taking the time to look through it and notice your own reactions! If you ever want to share your own responses, I'm so curious what everyone else is thinking!

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I remember doing this art exercise when I was studying design, and both the perspective and the outcome was so different for everyone.

Thanks for sharing and introducing me to Victoria’s Substack.

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Thank you for your subscription, Susan.

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I didn't even know that this was an art exercise but it makes perfect sense that it would be. I'm studying Visual and Critical Studies and it's really the first time I've done visual analysis - it's a bit hard for me to learn to come from this angle and I can see how that would be a great exercise to practice.

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May 4Liked by Kathryn Vercillo

Very good stuff here, Victoria (and Kathryn). I think the "regret" and "amused" really take the cake here.

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Thank you, Andrew. Such a great idea from Kathryn.

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<3 <3 <3

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May 4Liked by Kathryn Vercillo

Love these!

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Thank you, Amy 🧡

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THANKS <3

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This is just so wonderful! Thank you Kathryn and Victoria! The matching of word to painting was perfect.

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Thank you, Jeffrey. It was fun to work on. I’m so pleased the lovely Kathryn, asked me to take part :)

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THANKS! Did you have any favorites here?

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Grief, comfort and peaceful were particular favourites.

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Peaceful felt very very peaceful for me.

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Yes, an extraordinary image of peace, that garden.

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This was so good. I am really captivated by the choice of words and choice of pictures. What a brilliant and thought provoking way to start the day.

Thank you hugely Kathryn and Victoria: what a wonderful gift.

So much to look at and think about. I will keep coming back to keep looking and keep thinking.

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Thank you, Nicolas. I’m so pleased you enjoyed it. 🧡

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Really appreciate that. If you have additional thoughts when you return, about specific emotions or paintings, I'd love to hear them!

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Great concept, and excellent selections Victoria.

I had a similar idea in mind when I first started doing photography prompts as way of reconnecting with my photo archives to find images with a specific intention in mind.

It was my initial impression that imagery which depicts neutral or negative emotions seems easier to find than positive ones as if there is some cynicism that goes with positivity that makes it harder to depict authentically. I was pleased though to see that the paintings you chose for positive emotions do capture them fairly well.

Some stand outs for me on the positive spectrum were nostalgia, pleasure, and serenity.

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Thank you so much for sharing all of this.

From a psychological perspective, we often tend to notice or hang on to negative things more than positive ones so that initial impression makes sense.

I really loved the many positive or neutral-ish emotions Victoria responded to.

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Makes sense the psychology supports this as well, thanks Kathryn.

On prompts, I try to think of ideas and concepts that can be interpreted in different ways. This week's photography prompt is "Force" which is a really great example of the positive / negative spectrum, where a force can be "for good", or "for evil" or anywhere in between.

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Love that. I'll be sure to check out some more of your recent prompts. Looks very inspiring.

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