I don’t have that issue these-days with taking a break from ART - I barely get over to my studio once a week - but I’m also thinking Art very often, and for me Art and Web Analytics are not a seporate activity, they’re one.  And I don’t take a break from that too often.

So maybe Knowing when to take a break from art does apply to me and a lot of other people I know.

“….Emotional reactivity is essential for making art, but out of the art-making process, it can be annoying, disruptive, counter-productive. The soldier and the policeman are trained not to have emotional reactivity, but the artist needs to develop it, harness it. The challenge for the artist it to be able to switch it on and off at the right moments.

There are the simply structural solutions for getting out of the art mode: don’t go to the studio on off-days, turn the pictures to the wall. The psychological solutions are more subtle: don’t think about that difficult painting or series at the wrong moments.”