What orchids can teach us.

I have an idea, a theory. It came to me in art class one afternoon about a week ago. You see, there are two sides of the brain. The left side, and the right side. The two sides work together usually to help you complete the tasks that you must face daily. The left side of the brain is much more logical. It focuses much more on the details of something rather than the object or situation as a whole. The right side of your brain sees the "big picture." When you draw, paint, or do any other sort of art, you have to recreate what you see onto the paper, or canvas using the medium of your choice. To do this correctly, you need to draw what you see, not what you know. For instance, if you are looking at an orchid, (an orchid works well here because it is a complicated plant) you have to break it down into shapes. You can not just draw what you know an orchid to be. The left side of the brain will make you think about orchids, and orchids you have seen previously, and that will make you see it as a three dimensional object. Although an orchid is a three dimensional objects, you have to pretend that it is a mere two dimensional photograph that you are seeing. That's where the right side comes in. The right side helps you forget anything you know about orchids, almost as if they are a foreign object that you have never seen before. Then, all you will know is the orchid right in front of you, and you will see every flaw, and every imperfection to be a normality for any orchid. This makes it easier to concentrate on the flower in front of you, and then you will be able to capture every folded leaf, and every misshapen petal. So, when you study art, one thing you learn is to "turn off" the left side of your brain, and use predominantly the right side. However, when you do this, there is a strange reaction. In my case, I go into a dream-like state. I can't hear anything around me, I can never remember my thoughts, or actions, and my focus is on one thing: the scratching of pencil on paper. So, after coming out of my hypnotic state, I had a thought. What if I could get to the point where I could feel like that at any given moment. Then, I could eventually harness it and create a beautifully peaceful meditation technique for myself. I would like to even get to the point where I become almost unaware of my own existence. I know that this has been done before, but I think it would be nice to use art to teach myself in my own way, don't you think?