I can see! I can see! Well, that's a bit of excessive enthusiasm. Let me explain.
I have needed glasses since 2nd grade. Not need-them-or-walk-into-walls glasses, just almost-can't-pass-the-drivers-license-test glasses. I stopped wearing them regularly later in high school - young, dumb & worried about boys. Ten years ago I finally started wearing contacts. It was fabulous! No glasses to push on my nose or lose or break or clean. My eyes are naturally imbalanced, so my doc put me in monovision contacts. Right eye corrected for far and left for near - works well once your brain gets used to it. Really close stuff has a faint double image, but bright light and not-too-small print helps. I asked about reducing the mismatch last year & he put me in multifocal contacts, which have a better range of good vision, but still corrected to monovision. That was an improvement. However, still not ideal.
Fast forward to September and the dive back into art. The blurred image was much more apparent as I started daily drawing. I had to remove my contacts for fine lines & detail, which isn't all that convenient, especially away from home. The frustration even invaded my dreams! I explained the new awareness of the problem at my yearly appointment a few days ago. I feel oddly selfish & vain when I explain the artist journey to others & that I must justify what I'm doing. So far, though, most people tend to be interested and impressed - many commenting that they can't draw and I like to correct that thought. Anyway, after multiple solutions discussed, it was decided I should try out reading glasses with a different power in each lens. This way, I could see clearly at near while looking over the top of them to view whatever I might be drawing in the distance. Yay! Not all that thrilled about the presbyopic teacher look, but entirely pleased to have a solution at hand.
Daily arting continues with only one lapse since last posting. As mentioned in the last post, next time - the battle of the art styles.
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