Topical Guide 865
Mark Dorset
Obsessions
Imagination
Revision
At Home with the Glynns, Chapter 41:
I stood there, staring at the drawing, admiring the work I’d done, admiring the girl I had discovered. Looking into her eyes, it was easy to imagine that she was looking right at me. Easy to imagine. Had I gone too far? Were the girls right? Had I gone much too far? Had the first step, weeks before, been a step too far? Could this girl be nothing more than a figment of my imagination? Could my imagination be that good? Was this a portrait of a real girl or just a drawing of my mind’s eye’s apple?
Concluding the chronicle of Peter’s attempts to draw the dark-haired girl:
See also:
Obsessions TG 864
Imagination TG 62; Imagination, Improvisation TG 102; Imagination TG 113, TG 713, TG 862
Revision: rewriting, revising, rethinking, renovating TG 10, TG 421; Writing (and Drawing): Drafting, Writing (and Drawing): Revising TG 421, TG 862
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