An Unconventional Abstract Wallpaper for Unconventional Abstract Art Lovers

Just like our personality influences the things we like and dislike, there is a great chance our desktop background preferences could be explained in terms of personality variables, too. To put it simply, who we are has an impact on the choices we make.
Let's take, for example, people who always display abstract images on their computers' desktops. The choice for an unconventional picture gives us a few hints on the personality of the computer's owner. People who like abstract desktop backgrounds have to be abstract art lovers. And those who love abstract art are easily distinguishable from other types of people.

A better understanding of abstract art could give us an insight on the personality of people who prefer this type of artistic expression. Abstract art uses color, shapes and lines to create a visual composition many times independent from any reference to the real world. Unlike representational forms of art, abstract art is not intended to reproduce reality. On the contrary, it's a partial or total departure from reality that characterizes nonfigurative art.
Abstract art was born in the 19th century, when a group of artists decided a change is needed to align art with the changes and progress in technology and science. A technological revolution called for an artistic revolution, and, therefore, abstract art was born. A new, out of the ordinary, experimental, ostentatious, sometimes scandalous type of art flourished. Abstract artists wanted to break all the rules of tradition, convention and representation in order to create a superior form of art.

However, not many people have a taste for abstract art, and not many know how to appreciate it. Some even dismiss it as a worthless form of art. What makes a good abstract picture and what makes a poor one? It's hard to say. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So, if we were to make the portrait of the abstract art lover, we could say he is an unconventional person, somebody able to find beauty beyond the real world, an experimentalist who is not afraid to try new things and break any unnecessary rules, a person who prefers the universe of ideas to the material, tangible world.
Does this description sound familiar? Do you like abstract backgrounds, too? There is no doubt our preferences are an expression of our personality. So, next time you choose an abstract wallpaper for your computer make a short introspection and see what that picture has to say about you.