In a weird way, sometimes the drawing itself at the end isn’t that important. Instead, it’s what you ran into along the way of making it, and the fact that drawing can really transform the way you feel, that matters. And that’s something that I’ve seen over and over again, just watching a room go from freaked out to erupting in laughter, just because somebody closed their eyes and drew a mermaid.
Allegra Frank
Closing your eyes and drawing something always tends to lead to something really funny.
Lynda Barry
It makes people laugh really hard. The first thing I have students do, and this is in the book, is I always ask them to draw a bacon and egg breakfast, with coffee and silverware, with their eyes closed. And almost everybody, after a minute they open their eyes, and they’re really shocked because there’s a breakfast. They can see every little part, so they’re pleasantly surprised. And then the next thing I have them do is draw a mermaid with their eyes closed. And then there’s a different kind of shock when they open their eyes, because, at some point, they’re going to lift their pen and not remember where the head is. Sometimes the features will be an inch away from the face, or the arms will be connected, or the coconut shell bra is up by the ear. But the drawings are clearly mermaids. That’s the part that’s crazy — even with their eyes closed, [they managed to draw a recognizable mermaid].
Also, I found that people who haven’t drawn in a long time are able to sustain drawing for a full minute if their eyes are closed. If their eyes are open, they’re not. What’s the difference? It’s when you can see what you’re doing that the argument starts. You know that that’s not what a mermaid looks like. That’s not what bacon looks like. With your eyes closed, your hand kind of just knows how to do it. source
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