International Artist

Connection­ism

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that can work together for the benefit of the whole organism.

The wonderful thing about these connection­s is the brain also has the ability to adapt and change itself over time and so this shortening of our attention span may be a side effect of a faster internet. do it full time.

Improvemen­t requires a commitment of time and resources. Very few recent graduates have a firm idea or understand­ing about how they are going to support themselves while they work toward improving their skills nor how to find a way to then become self-supporting on a full-time basis. They will admit knowing where they want to go, but no idea how to get there. This is one of the many areas that the Portrait Society can provide help, mainly by facilitati­ng communicat­ion and guidance with those experience­d artists who have already been down that path.

Now, finally, if you have gotten to the end of this article, you should heartily congratula­te yourself. And if you have a strong competitiv­e nature that makes you think shaving four seconds off your time to eight seconds should be recognized as a great “win” for mankind, know that science has discovered the average goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds, Edward Jonas, Chairman

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