By Larry BuchananAug. 3, 2025

By Larry Buchanan

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. This one is a 500-year-old, three-paneled triptych by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch.

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Think about these questions as you look: