15 seconds.
The average person spends 15 seconds visiting a website.
Ironically people also spend 15 seconds in front of art at a museum.
NY Times quotes James O. Pawelski, director of education for the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania who studies connections between positive psychology and the humanities.
“Psychologists and philosophers such as Professor Pawelski say that if you do choose to slow down’—‘ you are more likely to connect with the art, the person with whom you’re touring the galleries, maybe even yourself, he said. Why, you just might emerge feeling refreshed and inspired rather than depleted.”
From” The Art of Slowing down in a Museum“.
It’s a great article. It may take more than 15 seconds to read, but worth it.
Speaking of which, the clock is ticking.
I have a wee advantage. My web viewers pre-blog era spent an average of 30 seconds on my site.
That’s double the stat.
Post blog era? 59 seconds. That’s nearly double again.
Still. 59 seconds, that’s pretty fast.
A friend brought this up the other day.
“What do you have available in art now? Lots of sales recently.”
“True. All work is updated on the site, you can see what’s sold.”
“I have to click on each picture? I don’t have time for that, just summarize for me.”
To those who may not have time to peruse art at a leisurely pace, I have created a little video studio tour.
A quick glimpse of all available work.
Not as quick as 15 seconds I am afraid.
This movie is just over two minutes.
Almost long enough for popcorn & lemonade.
It begs a lot of your time. 2 minutes and 11 seconds to be exact.
Most of you read the blog at 10am on a Tuesday, which may indicate you are reading this at work.
Because of this I have forgone the music element.
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/yhFYv7K8eTY
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What’s new?
Busy working on a private commission these last few weeks and connecting with new collectors.
All exciting stuff.
Congrats to Hambleton Galleries for their first sale of my work! Okanagan Pumpkins went to a lovely young couple from Toronto.