That’s the topic of painter Amanda Clyne’s post as well, and she takes an interesting view from her view as an artist.  Be sure to click through to see the paintings she selects, which are a helpful meditation and discussion on our culture, which dislikes quiet so much.

Cain doesn’t vilify the extrovert, but rather makes the case that introverts offer different strengths that are too often overlooked and undervalued. And I began to think how this introvert-extrovert paradigm may help to explain not just the struggles with how we introverted individuals may relate to the world, but also the struggles of so much introverted art that must contend with our cultural “bias against quiet”.

If you put a celebratory Beatriz Milhazes next to a poetic Giorgio Morandi:

via My Painting is an Introvert | Dedicated Studio Space.

I was reading a bit tonight about various interpretations of the Biblical story of Cain killing Abel, and found this profound depiction of the story.