I don’t know if I’m getting clumsier or always have been, but now I’m more impatient. I fidget and knock things over and nothing is ever where I need it when I paint. My surroundings seem to be tge childhood scratchy jumper.
I had a painting colleague who was upset when they “fixed” her eyes – they do that with cataract surgery. She liked the glasses–no glasses effect and it was obliterated
I don’t like my eyesight deteriorating at all, but I must say, it allows me to see some pretty magical things. I thought someone had a herd of shetland ponies in their back plot, turned out to be garden furniture under tarpaulin. Depending on the light, it still looks like ponies. Bags in hedges seem to be the item most able to represent fantastical and unexpected things.
Thank you. It’s a mini protest for human fallibility! A mini revolt against those people, we all know them, who say (looking at a drawing, painting they profess to like) ‘it’s a pity that line isn’t straight’, or ‘they haven’t painted over that bit of the canvas/up to the line’ etc.
Still Outside Authority 
Sounds like a recipe for successful art.
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I don’t know if I’m getting clumsier or always have been, but now I’m more impatient. I fidget and knock things over and nothing is ever where I need it when I paint. My surroundings seem to be tge childhood scratchy jumper.
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You’ve made me laugh, OA. Thank you!
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Thank you, JMN. I’m thinking of writing another one for painting.
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Whatever works. I keep hoping my fading eyesight will turn me into Monet…
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I had a painting colleague who was upset when they “fixed” her eyes – they do that with cataract surgery. She liked the glasses–no glasses effect and it was obliterated
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It’s hard to read though. My macular pucker is unfixable at any rate.
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good luck and I hope your condition doesn’t get worse…
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Thanks.
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Sorry to hear Kerfe, that would be my worry, reading getting hard.
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I figure I’ll adjust.
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We listen to Chirp, books read aloud.
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I know a lot of people enjoy them. I don’t even have the patience for a podcast, unfortunately.
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They tend to make me nod off, too relaxing!
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I don’t like my eyesight deteriorating at all, but I must say, it allows me to see some pretty magical things. I thought someone had a herd of shetland ponies in their back plot, turned out to be garden furniture under tarpaulin. Depending on the light, it still looks like ponies. Bags in hedges seem to be the item most able to represent fantastical and unexpected things.
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Oh yes, I’m always seeing life where there should be none. I don’t mind that at all.
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…… but it works!
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Exactly! And I always think, if you want precision, go to a factory!
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it’s doing art that matters…and I kind of like it!
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Thank you. It’s a mini protest for human fallibility! A mini revolt against those people, we all know them, who say (looking at a drawing, painting they profess to like) ‘it’s a pity that line isn’t straight’, or ‘they haven’t painted over that bit of the canvas/up to the line’ etc.
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