We're often taught that mistakes in art are to be avoided. Even kids are brought up to be perfectionists: to scrub it out and start again if their artwork doesn't go the way they planned. Of course, ...

The primary authors of this post are Dirk B. Walther (University of Toronto) and Claudia Damiano (KU Leuven) Have you ever stood before an abstract painting, feeling a surge of emotion but struggling ...