Recently, I have
been inspired by other home educating Mamas who have sough to improve
their ability to do something simply by growing their ability to
observe.
One Mama went from
drawing a basic line drawing with some rudimentary shading to drawing
a very lifelike image of the same thing a few months later. She
simply grew her power of observation between the first and last
efforts.
Isn't that amazing?!
And what a lesson!
More than likely,
any of us could grow in any number of abilities and do a great many
more things by simply growing our ability to observe. There is power
in observation!
There are some
folks, like me, that require some explanation of things to really
grasp them. For instance, I might see the same thing over and over,
yet without a verbal explanation of it (if it's one of the skills
that I have difficulty with, especially), I may not comprehend how to
replicate what I have clearly seen! I can usually even describe what
I've seen, but it's like there is a disconnect between that and
comprehending HOW to do it myself.
My eldest daughter
is not like me. She can watch something done a few times and then
almost perfectly do it herself thereafter. What a gift!
Which are you? Or
somewhere in between? Have you ever learned to do something simply
through observation?
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