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Calling something arbitrary abstraction is stupid so don't. Abstraction itself is, and the rationalization of it breeds generic monsters and graduate theses. Instead swing hard blindly. Tyson's paintings are wildly hit and miss, swinging so hard that a whiff is ugly overpowering, but a good one can really be something. I don't want to sound like a formalist here, but its really that teal that just smells so strongly of DIY bathroom decor, but that red is so sexy and those fingers like latex hotdogs.