At the end of last post I mentioned the problem of getting the images from my brain to come out through my hand. I once heard Bob Kane (co-creator of Batman[yes "CO"...look it up!]) say that it is the mind that draws, not the hand. The eye "projects" the image down on the page and the artist simply traces it. A nice idea...but I don't buy it.
I am blessed (and cursed) with an over abundance of creative ideas on a variety of things. They bang and scream at my brain all day and night wanting an outlet (imagine my aspirin bills). Unfortunately, there appears to be some disconnect between my brain and my hands. I'll see the image clearly in my mind, but can't draw it. The story will flow through my head at a breakneck pace but the sentences I type are lumbering wordy things that spent more time describing the scene than moving it along. And don't even get me started on my skills as a sculptor.
It doesn't make sense...I'm trained...I read the books, study the magazines and still the images in my head never are fully realized in reality.
If my hands are my instrument...who do I see for a tune-up?
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