Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Volume 1

113 Step Into It

In Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins, a book on personal achievement, the author uses “acting like” as a tool to do what you want to do and to become who you want to become. Part of his premise is that physiognomy has a great deal to do with the way you feel and how you achieve. Physiognomy means the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance…. External aspect; hence, inner character as revealed outwardly. He teaches that even the attitude or stance one takes, signals the brain and the whole nervous system of the body, enabling it to carry out its “acting like” or pretended intentions. Even Charlie Brown understands this:.

I see this as an important tool in drawing, too. Most of the drawings that ...