Spying. — 2 months ago
This is not meant to be as ominous as it sounds.
For most of my life, I’ve put extreme blinders on just to get through the day due to over-stimulation. However, this leaves me a little lacking in people-skills altogether. Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite books as a kid, because she was definitely on to something when it comes to collecting information and learning about the ways people interact, in order to write realistically.
So, I’d like to become a spy in the sense that I will be an invisible observer. When I sketch in public, I avoid people because I don’t want them to think I’m studying them. Therefore I’m awful at life-drawing the human figure. Instead, I’d like to practice being an inconspicuous person. Keep track of the interesting things that go on around me, collect information, digesting and interpreting—without bothering anyone.
...if it takes stealth training, disguises, gadgets, and a periscope, that’s okay too.
