Paul

Well, as long as we're on  the subject of capturing a likeness (or not), here we have an example of not exactly capturing the likeness, but capturing some essence of it.  This is a quick sketch of Paul playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.  I will be the first to admit I am not especially good at drawing people.  This is why I chiefly draw plants.  However, every now and then it is good to go beyond that comfort zone and try to hone some underdeveloped skills.  So I picked up the pen when Paul sat down to play for us last night.  Now when someone as talented as Paul is playing the Moonlight Sonata so beautifully you want to cry, and his whole body is one with the music, channeling Beethoven . . . no sketch can do justice to that sublime moment!  But if the sketch is done well enough, it will trigger the memory of that moment better than any photograph can.