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I found it empowering to trust my visual memory with carrying the information from the vantage point to the canvas.
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Very perceptive observation, Del, and this is precisely the goal of so-called "memory exercises", which are almost unheard of outside intensive regimens -- though I believe they've been mentioned on the Forum ("Steven, please use the 'Search Engine' feature").
But all work from life or physical reference is memory work, to some extent. You have to look away from your subject even if for a second to draw or paint what you "remember having seen". It's not that different from deliberately memorizing lists or passages to help you memorize speeches or outlines.
This seems like a useful topic for a demo. I'll get "right on it". (Look for the demo in about some number of months or marriages.)