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I started out as an artist, Leo, and your description of sketching seems apt. Lines over lines over lines until the right image comes into view. Leonardo da Vinci called this process his "discorso mentale," his inner dialogue with the drawing in front of him. In a way, the sketching is the learning.

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Discorso mentale! I love it. Thanks for history lesson ;-)

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тАжтАЭthrowing little nets over something wild that wants to get away.тАЭ

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"discorso mentale," an inner dialogue with the thing in front of you.

Different images. I love them both.

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