Taking Sides

I so seldom set up objects below eye-level but it's a useful way 
to circumvent that part of one's brain that thinks it already knows 
what it's seeing. I often robotically make the same strokes 
without really being aware that I'm not painting what I see. 
Altering the perspective forces me to really look. Changing 
subject matter to landscape or figures would probably serve 
the same function. Hmmm . . .