Anybody else into paintings and other forms of art? I've been painting for 25 years, although I've done less and less of it as I've gotten older.  Here are some paintings that have stuck with me throughout the years for different reasons.  Il Bacio (The Kiss) by Francesco Hayez (1859) I first saw this piece...maybe 20-ish years ago. I never knew if it was the details in her blue dress, the feeling like these two were escaping a crowd, the intensity of the kiss, or the idea o