Sprezzatura is studied carelessness in your art or the way you dress. It’s a word from the 1500s that means “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.” It’s what a lot of artists strive for when making art or thier fashion.

I struggle with how much I should show process and how much I should conceal. I’m the kind of person who really enjoys trying to take things apart and see how things work. I can sometimes enjoy looking into the process of an artist more than I enjoy the looking at the final finished project.

I recently saw Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience. Instead of just enjoying the work, I looked at all the projectors, got up really close to the walls to see the pixels, and noticed the tape on the wall where seams were.