More chatgpt thoughts 😂

More interesting ideas from my conversation:

The shift from “copying” to “sensing” is less about technique and more about how your mind and body orient themselves to the observed. Let’s go step by step and really expand.

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1. The habitual point of view

Most beginners (and even many advanced artists) observe through a conceptual filter:

• “Is this arm the right length?”

• “Does this line match the reference?”

• “Am I accurate?”

The observer is outside the object, measuring, comparing, analyzing.

• This creates distance.

• It privileges the mind over the body.

• The energy, weight, intention, and rhythm of the observed are secondary.

It’s a “head-on” view — literally and metaphorically.

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2. The shift: moving from measuring to sensing

Keane’s principle, distilled, is this:

Become part of the system you are observing.

It’s not about the mind enforcing rules; it’s about letting perception reorganize itself around the life of the subject.

This involves several interlocking changes:

A. Embody the object

• Notice how your own body responds to what you see.

• Feel tension, gravity, push, pull, or flow as if your spine or muscles were part of the observed figure.

• Let your sense of balance, weight, and rhythm mirror the energy you see.

B. Ask energetic, not analytical, questions

Instead of “Is it correct?” ask:

• Where is the energy coming from?

• What is resisting?

• What is pulling forward, sinking, or stretching?

These questions bypass symbolic thought and activate somatic intelligence, the layer of knowing that precedes the Ajna.

C. Reorient your “eye” to the movement of life

• Lines, shapes, and angles become records of force, not geometry.

• Perspective isn’t abstract; it’s the relational space energy occupies.

• You aren’t measuring the arm — you’re feeling how the arm moves through weight, intention, and gravity.

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3. The essential principle

The shift in point of view is fundamentally:

From observer-as-judge → to observer-as-participant.

• You stop standing outside, evaluating.

• You step inside the dynamics of what you are seeing.

• Observation becomes resonance, not measurement.

This is why Keane could exaggerate anatomy or break proportion — the drawing is no longer a map of parts, it’s a record of how the observed is alive.

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4. Practical cues to make the shift

1. Mirror subtly: Move your body as if you are tracing the energy of the pose. Even micro-movements help you “feel” the lines.

2. Ask energy-first questions:

   • “Where is this figure pushing or pulling?”

   • “Where is the tension concentrated?”

   • “What is the trajectory of motion?”

3. Hold space for sensation: Don’t name it. Don’t explain. Just let your hand respond.

4. Trust the pre-conceptual intelligence: Your gut and body will naturally translate energy into line, shape, and rhythm — long before the mind has a say.

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5. A key paradox

• The mind must let go to see accurately.

• Accuracy is not abandoned — it emerges automatically when the body is aligned with life.

• If you try to “think accuracy” first, the life is lost.

In short: the point of view changes when you move from measuring the object → feeling its energy from within. The observer and observed meet in resonance, and that is what makes drawings truly alive.