Do you consider drawing a distraction? I think this has a lot to do with wether you are in the mood to draw or not.I was talking with an anon about this, saying that I see drawing more like something like meditation, while he was saying it is a distraction. Maybe meditation itself is a distraction, who knows?It's difficult to pin point, because when you draw, you are basically just looking at a blank paper for most of the time, struggling with your own thoughts.But then again, you also can watch other stuff while drawing, on the side.I would think anyone can agree that watching something like YouTube can be considered a distraction. You have a screen in front of you and watch something on the internet. That's a distraction. But this also can become boring, just sitting there the whole time looking at a screen with people doing something.Now if you start drawing at the same time, you basically can distract yourself from the distraction of looking at your screen. So basically drawing becomes a distraction itself then, right?If you just draw in an empty room, without a screen or anything, then drawing basically also is a distraction, but not a very good one. It requires a lot of discipline to just work on a paper the whole time with nothing else to look at. But if you have a screen with somethung running on the side, then it's basically a decent distraction, right?A big reason for people not feeling in the mood to draw is that drawing requires a lot of patience. But if you rather view drawing as a distraction, then it basically shouldn't require any patience anymore. What is your opinion on this? Is drawing a distraction or not?
>>7929140Did you ever tried to view or listen to some lengthy video, podcast, review or whatever, and you just couldn't sit there watching or hearing that in static attention? Well, drawing is a perfect medium to put your mind in a receptive but calm state. Of course, some will say that you can't draw while listening something like music or whatever, but that's just a matter of getting used to the drawing habit.So, in order to pay attention to something you shouldn't be "distracted", hence, drawing is not a distraction, it doesn't work as such. You are in "tune" when drawing, like in a subtle trance of sorts. Maybe you could say that drawing is a type of self-hypnosis method.That's one thing, the other thing is, have you ever experienced the realization that when you explain or "teach" something to someone, you actually learn or get understand that thing even better, yourself? Drawing has that function as well, you understand stuff when you draw it, or try to. Just by trying, your brain begins to "understand" what the concept of creation, and the "reality of things" really is.Things are more than words, or shapes, or symbols, your human brain, has the capacity to reverse engineering reality itself. You just accepts that as a given, without realizing what it means to be able to perform that supernatural act. It's not a distraction, it's a cognitive ability and tool to unlock things in your brain, and understand the world of reality better, to "see" with your brain, even things that are not there or "doesn't exist".
>>7929140Hmm i see what you’re saying and somewhat agree maybe distraction isn’t the right word, I would say i view it as more of an escape than anything else, akin to reading a good book or watching a movie.
>>7929215>You are in "tune" when drawing, like in a subtle trance of sorts.I also can be in "tune" when watching a good movie. A good movie can make you forget about anything else and you just concentrate on the movie. Yet movies are still a distraction.>It's not a distraction, it's a cognitive ability and tool to unlock things in your brain, and understand the world of reality betterI think awareness is not a good thing. It's better to be stupid, because stupid people are happier. Intelligence and awareness are a curse.
Maybe as a broad philosophical statement on what art is, but that's not mutually exclusive with the act of creating art having meditative qualities
>>7929219>I would say i view it as more of an escape than anything elseYea, I see what you mean. It's an escape which requires to work for it tho. If you just start to draw, and sit in front of a blank page, then it's almost the opposite of an escape. It only becomes an escape when you already created something.
>>7929229Yea, I think drawing definitely has something meditative about it. That's also why it often can be hard to get into it tho. Meditation is not exactly very exciting. However, since you are not really meditating, but drawing, there definitely is more entertainment value.
>>7929140If you don't think literally everything else is a distraction from drawing, you don't take your craft seriously.
>>7929317Without everything else you wouldn't even be able to draw, dumbass. You wouldn't have anything to draw without finding inspirations around you.
>>7929332speak for yourself hackimagine needing "inspiration" to draw
>>7929333fly away troll
