A day without cameras....

...At the Metropolitan Museum of Art...many of the visitors didn't notice that they were walking in front of people because they were always looking through their cameras.

As I watched this strange behaviour, I realized that the camera-holding folks were not pushing to get a better look at the artwork—most of them did not look directly at the paintings or sculptures at all. In most cases they would walk up to a work of art, look through the camera, select their shot, click and move on. Some never saw the art directly; rather, they used the camera to document what they saw or, more accurately, what they never saw...

....Art has the power to ignite our imagination, stimulate our thinking and provide enjoyment, but for that to happen there is an unspoken rule—kind of like at a casino: You must be present to win.

So for one day, lower the camera. There's no telling what you might see.