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Drawing and the brain

Marco de Innocentis mdeinnocentis at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 2 13:59:17 EST 2000


Some time ago I read a book which tried to teach people how
to draw. One of the tricks it suggested was to look at a
portrait upside down while trying to copy it; that way your
brain would not have been carried away with the "global"
details of the picture. But for me it didn't work: even when
watching the picture upside down, I could still recognise it
as a portrait of JFK. So I'm still as bad as drawing as
before. What does this tell about my brain?
Thanks,

Marco


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