{"id":6276,"date":"2010-03-18T09:23:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T08:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2010-03-18T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T08:23:04","slug":"epiphany-without-muse-guidance-children-drawings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/eclectic\/epiphany-without-muse-guidance-children-drawings\/","title":{"rendered":"An Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A simple epiphany without the guidance of The Muse<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6636\" title=\"jPg9GjKdi66gmwma2TyHqBF0_500\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/jPg9GjKdi66gmwma2TyHqBF0_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/jPg9GjKdi66gmwma2TyHqBF0_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/jPg9GjKdi66gmwma2TyHqBF0_500-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever watched a child draw?<\/li>\n<li>Have you noticed how deeply absorbed and focused they are while they draw?<\/li>\n<li>Have you visited a group exhibition of children\u2019s drawings created during their early formative years?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What struck me was the overall \u201csameness\u201d of\u00a0 the work. The use of very basic primary colours. Simplistic two dimensionality. Little if any depth of field. Why if they are encouraged or feel compelled to continue as they get older does their work take on a different personality? Different colours? Alternate realities and subject matter?Different levels of technique and execution?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simple answer that only came to me right now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Personal Life Experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever watched a child draw?<br \/>\nHave you noticed how deeply absorbed and focused they are while they draw?<br \/>\nHave you visited a group exhibition of children\u2019s drawings created during their early formative years? I have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47],"tags":[728,676,97,743,788],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/jPg9GjKdi66gmwma2TyHqBF0_500.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-1De","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1289,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/technical-tips\/how-did-you-do-that-photography-effectquestion\/","url_meta":{"origin":6276,"position":0},"title":"The &quot;How Did You Do That?&quot; Question","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"September 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I am often asked the question, \"How Did You Do That?\" I could very simply answer the question which I often do and the results that person gets isn't what he\/she was expecting. 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