{"id":15422,"date":"2021-03-01T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15422"},"modified":"2022-05-12T23:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T23:04:32","slug":"blank-stare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15422","title":{"rendered":"Staring blankly&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updated May 12\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15429\" width=\"1000\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-x.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-x-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-x-768x517.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blank canvas staring affects Court Painter&#8217;s  brain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Court Painter averages 3.6 hours a day staring into space at a  blank canvas<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Disclaimer: Rumour on the innernet has spread that AHM Press Attache &amp; Commission Procurement Officer for Court Painter has fallen down on the job and has failed to procure new commissions because of time being diverted to opening a <strong>Dance Club<\/strong>.In denial he commented,\" My eye is always on the blank canvas of procurement while simultaneously twisting the night away!\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click link for the now shuttered Dance Club <\/strong>video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R9B8gplc3AU\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R9B8gplc3AU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/R9B8gplc3AU<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Court Painter spends more than three hours a day staring at a blank canvas, a new analysis of studio activity levels finds. The downside of the condition enhances memories of the good old days, salty language , production loss and&nbsp;sales anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15430\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings, published&nbsp; by a reputable research firm, bolsters concerns that heavy use of staring at a blank canvas can hurt a growing mind. However because the study captures a single snapshot in time, it\u2019s still not known whether too much staring blankly at a blank canvas can actually harm artistic brain development and minimize those fabled eureka moments, the unidentified expert cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15457\" width=\"1000\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare5-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare5-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers used data gleaned from the Court Painter studio analysis of his daily  staring blankly into the empty space of a blank canvas as part of a larger effort called the Artist Blank Staring into Blank Space Brain Cognitive Development Study.(ABSIBSBCDS) As a benchmark for the new study, the researchers used expert guidelines drawn from the mists of time however their recommendations came up blank. They will not be paid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15428\" width=\"1000\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In spite of that, the study coauthor maintains the results are concerning if not cautionary,  \u201cThis raises a blank flag that must be saluted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Court-Painter-Blankety-Blank.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19576\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Court-Painter-Blankety-Blank.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Court-Painter-Blankety-Blank-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Court-Painter-Blankety-Blank-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter seen standing &amp; staring for hours next to a blank canvas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated May 12\/22 Blank canvas staring affects Court Painter&#8217;s brain Court Painter averages 3.6 hours a day staring into space at a blank canvas&nbsp; Disclaimer: Rumour on the innernet has spread that AHM Press Attache &amp; Commission Procurement Officer for Court Painter has fallen down on the job and has failed to procure new commissions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15422\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Staring blankly&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15422"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19587,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15422\/revisions\/19587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}