Artists Are "Different"?

[Valerie Gudorf]

I am a very frustrated right-brainer, and for years, I have suspected that I have ADD. I easily grow restless and bored and have a very difficult time staying "on-task". I can't seem to keep organized for the life of me and live in a perpetual state of mental scatter. In other words, I'm a mess. I get the feeling that I am a bit of an extreme case. Do any of you have a diagnosis of ADD? If so, how did you obtain it? Do you take medication to control it?

Lon, I believe that virtually anyone who can be taught how to write can be taught how to draw also. Betty Edwards proved this long ago. The ability to draw, however, is not the thing that makes one a true artist. Vision, sensitivity, creativity are all prerequisite. Otherwise, one is merely a copyist.