John’s discovered a survival program,’ Naked and Afraid’: a man and a woman are left in some isolated interesting place, both NUDE! It’s got everything; adventure and half blurry people.
In my clothed adventures with John I jump in immediately, muttering and wondering somewhat unkindly, why John just SITS IN HIS CHAIR while I’m working. This should feel familiar because of art boot camp and the fact that by the time I’ve worked myself into trouble John has studied the WHOLE picture and achieved mental solutions including the new predicaments I’ve gotten into.
I was taught to do this too; see the whole picture. When I was thirteen, I had an art teacher who taught me to draw the structure of the human form before adding skin. He could tell, from across the room when I wasn’t following this rule. He’d scream, “Nancy! I told you not to do that!” or “Nancy stop right now! You start over and do it right this time!” My teacher often sat beside me and watched for disobedience, he’d lean over and strike a big X across my drawings.
At sixty- three, I’m just now, remembering to see the entire problem fist, when it comes to drawing animals and people, but I’m not the only one who should listen to John. He told me the other day, “When I was young and didn’t understand things, my mother told me not to worry saying, ‘When you’re older things will add up.’ She was right: just look at the national debt!”  nancymauerman.com