As a hacker, I think you'd benefit from spending some time appreciating art. Good art (i.e. NOT Tracey Emin) challenges and rewards; it can - expand your view

As a hacker, I think you'd benefit from spending some time appreciating art. Good art (i.e. NOT Tracey Emin) challenges and rewards; it can - expand your views beyond just coding - challenge your opinions of yourself and humanity - reward you for spotting complex references/patterns - reward you for "solving" the meaning - stimulate you purely by being visually beautiful - make you sad/happy/joyous/nostalgic etc - bring a new understanding viewpoint of important subject - especially politics, humanity - make you laugh - inspire you - relax you… at worst if it's crap and you're staring at a wall for 3 mins, such a meditative break from work is good for you I'd like to write a lot more about this (I've been contemplating "Introducing Modern Art for Hackers" post/series for a while) - @ me on twitter (same username as HN) if you think it'd be worth it. EDIT: Three quick examples of accessible artists that give you much of the above: Antony Gormley, Jeremy Dellar, Gerhard Richter.