UPDATE: Results: What You Said
June 1st 2026
The results from last week's ‘Your Art Opinion’ quiz proved interesting.
The biggest surprise wasn’t what people remembered.
It was how they remembered.
Most people didn’t describe events. They described the atmosphere.
A sunset in Tunisia. The smell of diesel on a farm road. A childhood village. A fireplace that changed someone's life. Deer appearing silently around a campsite.
Again and again, the memories returned as light, colour, place, scent and mood.
One respondent remembered:
"Golden orange, view from the window of a hotel in Tunis, with all the exotic scents and the calls to prayer."
Another wrote:
"Family home on the farm. Looking across the yard to the dusty gravel road."
And another simply said:
"Lake Superior and my grandparents."
Colour appeared throughout the responses. Bright colours. Golden light. Warm colours. Colours that changed with the feeling of the memory itself.
Perhaps the most interesting discovery came from a question we almost didn't ask.
Many respondents said they had never considered turning a memory into art before. Yet most felt their chosen memory deserved a place somewhere in their home.
That made us think: Perhaps we already know which memories matter most. We simply don't always think of art as a way of preserving them.
Looking through the responses, one idea kept returning.
People do not remember life as a collection of things.
They remember light.
They remember colour.
They remember a place.
Most of all, they remember how that moment felt.
QUIZ: Discover your hidden masterpiece.
Not in the attic, but from deep inside your memory.
Many masterpieces throughout history have been inspired by unforgettable memories that were brought to life as art.
Today it’s time for you to be inspired, to discover the masterpiece that lives inside you.
This quiz will help bring your masterpiece, your best memory to life.
Tick as many boxes as you feel are relevant. Everything stays anonymous.
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“Hi, I’m Kevin, Linda’s lifelong soulmate. I’m a professional scriptwriter by trade, for which I’ve won many awards.
My mission is to bring Linda’s genius for colour & form into plain words everybody understands and enjoys.”
