For my experiment I blindfolded myself and started to doodle. I was planning to do some sort of blind contour drawing but I realized that without something to actually look at while doing this drawing, my mind began to wander. I started to think about the times in my daily life when my senses are taken away or limited. I have pretty bad eyesight without my glasses, so waking up in the morning, taking showers, and going swimming are all activities that force me to see the world as a sort of blurry haze. I especially thought about how shaving my legs is a struggle because I can’t see my legs very well, let alone the hair on them.
When I finished, what I ended up with was a sort of mess of lines, it just looked like a scribble, but I had come up with an idea for a piece. I had intended for this experiment to create a finished piece but it ended up being more of a brainstorming activity. Here is a really rough version of the pieces I want to make. The second picture shows what I see in the shower (I kept looking at the first one with my glasses off then adjusting the blur).
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