Recently, I signed up for an art class. And learned how little I know about drawing.

I draw landscapes with reasonable accuracy because it is a way to quiet my brain. The writer in me stops, shuts up, takes a nap. Thoughts become non-verbal, which is another way of thinking, seeing, feeling, breathing. It is a good way to be.

So I thought that I would learn how to draw faces, but it's incredibly hard to portray human beings. To capture their look. Not as easy as taking a photograph. Recognition is all in the lines of forehead, nose, the space between the nose and the mouth. Cognition is just a different kind of art.