Learning to see a little better

 One recent effort at self-improvement: a series of classes on watercolor painting.

(Those who suspect the unseen hand of the Wise Woman in these doings would be on the right track.)

I will not become a good artist, but I’m at least beginning to see what I missed. I’m learning to find the edges in things I look at. I’m also learning to see values, not just color. That is, I’m learning to pay more attention to shadows.

I think I’m learning to see better. (A bit ironic, now that I’m at the age where the doctor talks about cataracts.)

I’m glad I’m learning now, but I wish that drawing and painting had been a much larger part of my education. It seems to me that drawing might be as important as reading, writing and arithmetic.