I think you do kind of slip into a trance when you look at a painting. At least I do.
I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.
I love looking at sculpture, but there's some sort of spell that's broken with it.
There's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.
I remember looking at books when I was in high school, but I don't think I really stood in front of a genuine painting or sculpture until I was out of high school.
Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.