Carey Parks" <cparks_at_fuse.net> wrote: >> Interesting thread. I don't have a roll yet, so this is somewhat out of context, but I have done a lot of work in a photographic darkroom in low/no light situations as well as suba in varying degrees of visibility. The interesting observation I have made in both situations is that once my eyes begin to struggle - or probably it's my brain struggling to make sense of what my eyes are seeing - I'm better off if I close them and remove that sensory input from the mix. >> Same here. I think it has to do with competing mechanisms guiding your arms/hands/fingers: visual clues versus proprioception. Here's a link to a definition embodied in a BBC short on how dancers use it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/dancersbody/body/proprioception.shtml Some folks have a better-developed sense of proprioception than others. My admittedly clumsy SO has a poor sense of it; I am the reverse. She, of course, has other talents way in excess of mine ... in other departments. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 17 2003 - 11:15:16 PDT
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