I sometimes get that urge, either because there are so many paintings that I can't possibly watch them all in detail in a single visit, so I snap a picture thin

I sometimes get that urge, either because there are so many paintings that I can't possibly watch them all in detail in a single visit, so I snap a picture thinking I'll review them later (I usually don't), or I like a painting so much that I take a picture so that I'm able to watch it again later (I rarely do). I have a phone with a nice camera and pictures of painting you can find online are often of very poor quality. On the other had there is that strange mental phenomenon that if I take a picture of something then I tend not to remember it very well. Something in my brain must decide that it does not need to store information that is available on hand. So I try not to do it too much.