I recommend studying some art history. Learning when and why art happened helps it make sense. A lot of art over history is either a result of the culture or a

I recommend studying some art history. Learning when and why art happened helps it make sense. A lot of art over history is either a result of the culture or a reaction to other art. A classic example of this is Impressionism and the way it was a reaction to the Salon and the traditional ways of the time. I don't have any resource recommendations there. I learned art history in a high school AP class and it was probably the class whose content stuck with me the most. And the exam was quite fun (some questions were literally "given this artwork, when and where do you think it was made and why?"). And go to museums! I was lucky enough to grow up in Chicagoland, so I could go to the Art Institute there as I was studying art history and afterwards. Also check out local art and artists. Some places will have "art walks" where neighborhoods set up exhibits and galleries and you can walk around and check stuff out and sometimes even talk to the artist. "Art" in general is hugely broad. Everything can be art if you make it so. Art can be small and ephemeral and cute and in between the lines as much as it can be finished pieces. I recommend making art. This can be anything. The most recent thing I've gotten into is making papercraft greeting cards for family members by cutting out different shapes and colors and gluing them. It's hard work! But it's been fun iterating on my process (light table, sketching, mocking up in Krita and printing the layers in a way I can then transfer to real paper). Find artists whose art speaks to you. They can visual artists, writers, or even rock musicians. Find interviews where they talk about art. Read their wikipedia and other sources to learn about their lives. Where the art comes from will make more sense. Give yourself permission to change your hair and clothes and living space. Wear jewelry if you don't normally. Grow your hair out or cut it short if you want to. Try different glasses frames. Decorate your desk. Use fun stickers in your notebooks. This sounds like a non sequitur but this sort of thing is artistic thinking and when you examine many artists you'll notice they put a lot of care into little things. I took a Philosophy of Art class in college and it exposed me to a lot of meta-thinking about art. A lot of the common STEM-minded complaints about art ("anyone can do it" "it's just because they say it's art" etc) are covered