Three Mushrooms with eyes.
Old concept. Redrawn it a few times yet, not gotten it to where I want it.
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Drawing as access to meditative states or Right brain flow:
“I needed to find a way to keep this from happening--a way to enable the right hemisphere to “come forward” to draw.”
“This required finding a strategy to set aside the left hemisphere.”
“One is speed: Which hemisphere gets to the job the quickest? A second way is motivation: Which hemisphere cares most or likes the task the best?”
“As a side benefit, this cognitive shift results in a marvelous state of being, a highly focused, singularly attentive, deeply engaging, wordless, timeless, productive and mentally restorative state.”
“The right hemisphere state of mind is notably desirable and productive--sometimes called the “zone” in atheletic terms.”
“It helps to know that the slight change in awareness or consciousness that occurs in drawing is not that unusual. You may have observed in yourself other slightly altered states, for example, most people are aware that they occasionally slip from alert consciousness to a state of daydreaming...Other kinds of activities that apparently produce a shift in consciousness are meditation, jogging, video games, sports of all varieties and listening to music.”
So basically, this is a manual on how to induce meditative states quickly, reliably, and with the side effect of way better arting.
“You are attentive and concentrated, and feel ‘at one’ with the thing you are concentrating on. You feel energized but calm, alert without anxiety”
“The truth is, your drawing will seem like a wordless, antic dance, an exhilarating investigation.”
Quotes from notes on Betty edwards book 'Drawing on the Right side of the brain'
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