Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience.

A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.

So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?

The only bad studio is the unused one.

No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.

God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.