37 Hey, Look at Me … Look at Me!
How excited children get when they strike a pose, perform some feat, or do anything that seems worth sharing or bragging about. If you don’t look, they scream louder, “ LOOK AT ME … LOOK AT ME! ” It’s some rare or special moment that will last for only a few seconds and it’s just got to be savored, and the onlooker plays a vital part in the excitement of the occasion by experiencing it, too.
I think when a model comes to our drawing class to pose they are, in effect, saying “Look at me … look at me! ” (Or perhaps, “Draw me, draw me! ”) So we look at them, and we experience the excitement of the moment, and we attempt to record it for still others to see, and our senses are sharpened by the responsibility to convey ...
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