It seems that the one combination that is incompatible in the domain of art is the naive artist and the naive observer. The paradox is that it is that to appreciate this art form you must have devoted a degree of intellectual effort to the appreciation of art. It is easy to dismiss naive art as childish but it has a special quality that is impossible to reproduce once you have it trained out of you.

Most art is a view of the landscape it is representing with a hint of the artist. Naive art is a view of the mind of the artist within the context of the subject of the painting. ArtBrut.com has an interesting collection of naive art. Let go of the civilised part of yourself and embrace the images. They have a resonance at a low level.