Remembering the Human Factor in Tech
Imagine you are at a dinner party, with an assortment of interesting art world people, and someone comes up to you and says, “Can you tell me what art you own? I’m working on an exhibition”. I don’t imagine this would be terribly engaging - likely that you’d politely smile and back away, hoping to never speak to this intrusive individual again.
Imagine a second scenario at the same table, and this person instead comes up and tells you “I’m working on a show about the way Caravaggist painting techniques impact 21st-century painters.” The person happens to pique your interest, and you reply that you own a few works related to this theory and wonder whether the artist is consciously or subconsciously working in the chiaroscuro technique.
I think it’s pretty clear which of the two scenarios is more likely to get a positive result.